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quiet
What does quiet mean?
quiet (adjective): with little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use quiet in a sentence?
- The room was dark and quiet. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce quiet?
/ˈkwaɪət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does quiet come from?
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of quiet?
Words related to quiet
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “quiet” mean?
being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting
Not quite: that's what parallel means.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
Not quite: that's what lengthy means.
with little or no sound; free of disturbing noise
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given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality
Not quite: that's what tender means.
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