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- English Word Quiescent Definition Not sounded; silent; as, y is quiescent in "day" and "say."
- English Word Quiescent Definition A silent letter.
- English Word Quiescently Definition In a quiescent manner.
- English Word Quiescing Definition of Quiesce
- English Word Quiet Definition In a state of rest or calm; without stir, motion, or agitation; still; as, a quiet sea; quiet air.
- English Word Quiet Definition Free from noise or disturbance; hushed; still.
- English Word Quiet Definition Not excited or anxious; calm; peaceful; placid; settled; as, a quiet life; a quiet conscience.
- English Word Quiet Definition Not giving offense; not exciting disorder or trouble; not turbulent; gentle; mild; meek; contented.
- English Word Quiet Definition Not showy; not such as to attract attention; undemonstrative; as, a quiet dress; quiet colors; a quiet movement.
- English Word Quiet Definition The quality or state of being quiet, or in repose; as an hour or a time of quiet.
- English Word Quiet Definition Freedom from disturbance, noise, or alarm; stillness; tranquillity; peace; security.
- English Word Quiet Definition To stop motion in; to still; to reduce to a state of rest, or of silence.
- English Word Quiet Definition To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief.
- English Word Quiet Definition To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down; as, be soon quieted down.
- English Word Quietage Definition Quietness.
- English Word Quieted Definition of Quiet
- English Word Quieter Definition One who, or that which, quiets.
- English Word Quieting Definition of Quiet
- English Word Quietism Definition Peace or tranquillity of mind; calmness; indifference; apathy; dispassion; indisturbance; inaction.
- English Word Quietism Definition The system of the Quietists, who maintained that religion consists in the withdrawal of the mind from worldly interests and anxieties and its constant employment in the passive contemplation of God and his attributes.
- English Word Quietist Definition One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
- English Word Quietistic Definition Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
- English Word Quietly Definition In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
- English Word Quietly Definition Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.
- English Word Quietly Definition Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
- English Word Quietly Definition Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
- English Word Quietness Definition The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
- English Word Quietsome Definition Calm; still.
- English Word Quietude Definition Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
- English Word Quietus Definition Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.