loud vs quiet

Definitions

adjective

1. (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) loud; with force
2. tastelessly showy
3. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

adverb

1. with relatively high volume

Examples

By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.

Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production.

The storm was cloaked like a hidden monster behind a stratiform cloud veil (nimbostratus) with a little fractus in the foreground.

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Definitions

noun

1. a period of calm weather
2. an untroubled state; free from disturbances
3. the absence of sound
4. a disposition free from stress or emotion

verb

1. become quiet or quieter
2. make calm or still

adjective

1. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
2. not showy or obtrusive
3. (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
4. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
5. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

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adverb

1. with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

Examples

She is simply bartering goodies in return for comparative quietness.

‘I want to come back when it's a bit quieter,’ I shouted over the din of amplified music, throbbing diesel generators and rattling joy rides.

For them, the house's main value lay in its quiet country location.

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