Quietly vs Temperately - What's the difference?
quietly | temperately | Synonyms |
In a quiet manner.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.
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)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
* loudlytemperately
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- 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.