quiet
With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
Example
“I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.”
Other meanings
Having little motion or activity; calm.
“the sea was quiet”
Not busy, of low quantity.
“The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning.”
Related words
- quiet as the grave
- all quiet on the Western Front
- be quiet
- quiet as a grave
- quiet as a snowflake
- quiet carriage
- quiet coyote
- quieten
- quietly
- quiet move
- quietness
- quiet quit
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "quiētus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “quiet” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.