quietly

劍橋詞典

without making much noise
安靜地，靜悄悄地
I slipped quietly out of the back door . 我悄悄地溜出了后門(mén)。
He is a quietly spoken , thoughtful man. 他是個(gè)話語(yǔ)輕柔、體貼周到的人。

in a way that is not obvious to other people because you do not say much
不聲張地
He is quietly confident that there will be no problems this time . 他心里暗暗相信這次必定沒(méi)有問(wèn)題。

例句

• He waited until his daughter was asleep , then tiptoed quietly out of the room .
• The lecturer spoke so quietly that he was scarcely audible at the back of the hall .
• She turned the door knob and quietly opened the door .
• She had some music playing quietly in the background .
• Everyone was working quietly when, all of a sudden , Andrew started shouting and swearing .
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