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Quietly vs Temperately - What's the difference?

quietly | temperately | Synonyms |

Quietly is a synonym of temperately.


As adverbs the difference between quietly and temperately

is that quietly is in a quiet manner while temperately is in a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.

quietly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a quiet manner.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}

    Antonyms

    * loudly

    temperately

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.
  • 1601' ''My pulse, as yours, doth ' temperately keep time,
    ''And makes as healthful music: it is not madness
    ''That I have utter'd: bring me to the test,
    ''And I the matter will re-word; which madness
    Would gambol from.'' — Shakespeare, ''Hamlet , Act 3, Scene 4.