{
    "term": "quietly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in a way that makes very little noise",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to ask/speak/talk quietly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to move/stand quietly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a quietly spoken woman"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'm sorry,’ he **said quietly**."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "in a peaceful way; without being interrupted",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I spent a few hours quietly relaxing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He noticed the woman **sitting quietly** at the bar."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "without many people or much noise or activity",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Sometimes a business begins quietly, as a hobby maybe, in a spare bedroom."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "in a definite, but not obvious, way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is **quietly confident** that they can succeed *(= he is confident, but he is not talking about it too much)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkwaɪətli/",
                "audio": "qu/quietly/quietly__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkwaɪətli/",
                "audio": "qu/quietly/quietly__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}