quietly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

QUI'ETLY, adverb 1. In a quiet state; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly 2. Without tumult, alarm, dispute or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly 3. Calmly; without agitation or violent emotion; patiently. submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
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