quietly

quietly
adverb
1) (silently) still; (not loudly) leise
2) (peacefully, tranquilly) ruhig

be quietly drinking one's tea — in [aller] Ruhe seinen Tee trinken

3) (gently) sanft

be quietly spoken — eine ruhige Art zu sprechen haben

4) (not overtly) insgeheim

they settled the affair quietly — sie haben die Angelegenheit unter sich (Dat.) ausgemacht

5) (not formally) zwanglos

get married quietly — im kleinen Rahmen heiraten

6) (not showily) dezent; schlicht
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adverb ruhig
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qui·et·ly
[ˈkwaɪətli]
adv
1. (not loudly) leise
he is a \quietly spoken, thoughtful man er ist ein nachdenklicher Mann, der mit leiser Stimme spricht
2. (silently) still
it's a fair cop — I'll come \quietly erwischt! — ich werde kein Theater machen und mitkommen fam
to sit \quietly stillsitzen
to wait \quietly ruhig warten
3. (unobtrusively) unauffällig
the plan has been \quietly dropped der Plan wurde stillschweigend fallengelassen
to chuckle/laugh \quietly to oneself in sich akk hineinkichern/-lachen
to be \quietly confident insgeheim überzeugt sein
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['kwaIətlɪ]
adv
(= making little noise) leise; (= peacefully, making little fuss) ruhig; (= secretly) still und heimlich; dressed dezent; (= placidly) still

to live quietly — ruhig or zurückgezogen leben

he's very quietly spoken — er spricht sehr leise

a very quietly spoken young man — ein sehr ruhiger junger Mann

to be quietly confident — insgeheim sehr sicher sein

I can only think how happy I am, how quietly content — ich kann mich nur glücklich und zutiefst zufrieden schätzen

I was sitting here quietly sipping my wine —

he sat down and quietly died — er setzte sich hin und starb in aller Stille

he refused to go quietly — er weigerte sich, unauffällig zu gehen

are you going to come quietly? (said by policeman) — kommen Sie widerstandslos mit?, kommen Sie ohne Widerstand zu leisten mit?

he slipped off quietly — er machte sich in aller Stille davon (inf)

they got married very quietly —

and all the time he was quietly writing a novel about us — und die ganze Zeit hat er still und heimlich einen Roman über uns geschrieben

* * *
adverb
1) (silently) still; (not loudly) leise
2) (peacefully, tranquilly) ruhig

be quietly drinking one's tea — in [aller] Ruhe seinen Tee trinken

3) (gently) sanft

be quietly spoken — eine ruhige Art zu sprechen haben

4) (not overtly) insgeheim

they settled the affair quietly — sie haben die Angelegenheit unter sich (Dat.) ausgemacht

5) (not formally) zwanglos

get married quietly — im kleinen Rahmen heiraten

6) (not showily) dezent; schlicht
* * *
adv.
ruhig adv.
still adv.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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