quietly

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adverb with low volume
adverb with little or no sound
adverb with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.

"Yes, sir, but very quietly. — The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English, Unknown
Come down quietly, can't you? — Three men on the bummel, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
"I see," said Poirot quietly. — The Big Four, Agatha Christie

softly

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