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{
"term": "quietly",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "in a way that makes very little noise",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to ask/speak/talk quietly"
},
{
"text": "to move/stand quietly"
},
{
"text": "a quietly spoken woman"
},
{
"text": "‘I'm sorry,’ he **said quietly**."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "in a peaceful way; without being interrupted",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I spent a few hours quietly relaxing."
},
{
"text": "He noticed the woman **sitting quietly** at the bar."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "without many people or much noise or activity",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Sometimes a business begins quietly, as a hobby maybe, in a spare bedroom."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "in a definite, but not obvious, way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He is **quietly confident** that they can succeed *(= he is confident, but he is not talking about it too much)*."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwaɪətli/",
"audio": "qu/quietly/quietly__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwaɪətli/",
"audio": "qu/quietly/quietly__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}