quietly
         adv 1: with low volume; "speak softly but carry a big stick";
                  "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing
                  softly" [syn: {softly}, {quietly}] [ant: {aloud}, {loud},
                  {loudly}]
         2: with little or no sound; "the class was listening quietly and
            intently"; "she was crying quietly" [ant: {noisily}]
         3: with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a
            nonstandard variant for `quietly'); "her hands rested quietly
            in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back
            door"; "sit here as quiet as you can" [syn: {quietly},
            {quiet}] [ant: {unquietly}]
         4: in a restful manner; "the streets are restfully sunny and
            still for the town is at mass" [syn: {restfully}, {quietly}]

English Dictionary: quietly	by the DICT Development Group
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiddle \Quid"dle\, Quiddler \Quid"dler\, n.       One who wastes his energy about trifles. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quiddle \Quid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiddled}; p. pr. & vb.       n. {Quiddling}.] [L. quid what.]       To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful       subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quietly \Qui"et*ly\, adv.       1. In a quiet state or manner; 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; to sleep quietly.          3. Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently;             as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.          4. Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement;             in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he             quietly left the room.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quitly \Quit"ly\, adv.       Quite. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quittal \Quit"tal\, n.       Return; requital; quittance. [Obs.]