quiet
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
How often you will meet it
Rank 596 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 32,584 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity a quiet lifea quiet throng of onlookers
- free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound a quiet audience at the concertthe room was dark and quiet
- not showy or obtrusive also: restrained clothes in quiet good taste
- in a softened tone also: hushed, muted, subdued hushed voicesmuted trumpets
- (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves also: placid, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid baythe quiet waters of a lagoon
- (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
noun
- a period of calm weather also: lull there was a lull in the storm
- an untroubled state; free from disturbances also: tranquillity, tranquility
quiet in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
Johnny's music-club grew to be a spell to quiet wild beasts.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
-
For years that quiet company had mocked his restlessness, his desire for change and freedom.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
-
John Brown, aged thirty-one, good, gentle, bashful, timid, lived in a quiet village in Missouri.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
-
Good heavens! if I couldn't have a scandal and keep it quiet, I wouldn't have a scandal at all.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
-
Mrs. Cavendish gave me some tea, and her few quiet remarks heightened my first impression of her as a thoroughly fascinating woman.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1