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quietly

US // (ˈkwaɪətlɪ) //

悄悄地,静静地,悄悄的,安静地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a quiet manner
    • : just quietly Australian between you and me; confidentially

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Examples

  • “We quietly did,” Reed previously told The Daily Beast of removing ISIS.

  • Anyone who tries to draw attention to threats instead of quietly burying them is worsening the problem.

  • But instead of just quietly releasing a statement through a publicist, she broadcasted her anger far and wide.

  • When the media attention died down, Tavakoli was quietly re-imprisoned.

  • And compare, as noted up top, to Secretary Clinton, who spent years quietly pushing a modernized Cuba policy.

  • As the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.

  • Profiting by this, Benjy quietly moved away round a colossal buttress of the berg, and took refuge in an ice-cave.

  • There was only one obstacle to his walking quietly and comfortably away, which was that the door was locked and the key gone.

  • He told the troopers and his servant to follow with the horses as quietly as possible and led the way towards the budgerow.

  • He then quietly called her attention to the fact that she had "no fingers," and she was in perfect despair.