qui´et|ness

qui´et|ness: qui|et¹ «KWY uht», adjective, verb, adverb.

–adj.

1. making no sound; with little or no noise; silent; hushed: »quiet footsteps, a quiet street. The holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration (Wordsworth).

2. moving very little; still; calm: »a quiet lake, a quiriver.
SYNONYM(S): See syn. under still. (Cf. ↑still)

3. saying little: »During dinner…we were unusually quiet, even to gravity (W. H. Hudson).

4. peaceful; gentle; not offending others: »a quiet girl, a quiet mind, quiet manners, a quiet night's sleep.
SYNONYM(S): unobtrusive; inconspicuous.

5. not showy or bright: »Gray is a quiet color.

6. at rest; not busy; not active: »a quiet evening at home, a quiet life in the country, a quiet trading on the stock exchange. The snow was piling up on the north side of the hogans and there was no smoke from the holes in the domeshaped roofs. All the chimneys were quiet (Harper's). All had been quiet since the news of the capitulation at Lerida (James A. Froude).

–v.t.

to make quiet: »The mother quieted her frightened child. In trying to quiet one set of malcontents, he had created another (Macaulay).

–v.i.

to become quiet: »The wind quieted down.

–adv.

in a quiet manner; quietly.

╂[< Latin quiētus resting, past participle of quiēscere to rest < quiēs, -ētis rest. See etym. of doublets coy (Cf. ↑coy), quit, adjective. (Cf. ↑quit)]

–qui´et|ness, noun.

qui|et² «KWY uht», noun.

1. a state of rest; absence of motion or noise; stillness: »The first indications came in late June when orders began to improve after a long spell of quiet (Wall Street Journal).

2. freedom from disturbance; peace: »Go to the library to read in quiet. His small force would be large enough to overawe them in times of quiet (William H. Prescott).

╂[< Latin quiēs, -ētis rest]

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