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quiet/ˈkwʌɪət/

▶adjective (quieter, quietest)

1 making little or no noise.
■ free from activity, disturbance, or excitement.

■ undisturbed; uninterrupted.

2 discreet, moderate, or restrained.
■ (of a person) tranquil and reserved.

■ (of a colour or garment) unobtrusive.

▶noun silence; calm. ▶verb chiefly N. Amer. make or become quiet.

– phrases
keep quiet refrain from speaking or revealing a secret.
keep something quiet keep something secret.
on the quiet informal secretly or unobtrusively.

– derivatives
quieten verb,
quietly adverb,
quietness noun.

– origin ME (as n. denoting peace as opposed to war): via OFr., based on L. quies, quiet- ‘repose, quiet’.

'quiet' also found in these Oxford entries:

belt - breath - breathe - calm - chuckle - coy - doggo - dummy - glide - hide - hush - keep - lull - meek - mouse - mumble - murmur - noiseless - off season - q.t. - quiescent - quietism - quietude - quit - restful - retreat - save - shush - slack - soft - sotto voce - still - stilly - stow - subdued - withdraw - wrap

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