quietly

Middle English quyet, quyete, quiete, borrowed from Anglo-French & Middle French quiete, borrowed from Latin quiētus "at rest, inactive, peaceful"

adjective

  1. free from noise or uproar : still

  2. making or involving no noise or very little noise

  3. tending to speak very little : not, loquacious

a quiet room

a quiet motor

verb

  1. to do the minimum amount of work required for a job : to engage in quiet quitting