quiet
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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections
Definitions & Usage
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
Having little motion or activity; calm.
Not busy, of low quantity.
Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
Not showy; undemonstrative.
(software) Requiring little or no interaction.
(transitive) To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
(intransitive) To become quiet or calm.
The absence of sound; quietness.
The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.
Be quiet.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“On the light streets, better streetcleaners, more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space.”
— 1982, Donald Appleyard, Livable Streets, page 98:
“Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."”
— 1999 May 4, William Safire, “Essay; The Quiet Noisemaker”, in The New York Times:
“It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.”
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC: