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- English Word Quietist Definition One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism.
- English Word Quietistic Definition Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism.
- English Word Quietly Definition In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
- English Word Quietly Definition Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.
- English Word Quietly Definition Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
- English Word Quietly Definition Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
- English Word Quietness Definition The quality or state of being quiet; freedom from noise, agitation, disturbance, or excitement; stillness; tranquillity; calmness.
- English Word Quietsome Definition Calm; still.
- English Word Quietude Definition Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
- English Word Quietus Definition Final discharge or acquittance, as from debt or obligation; that which silences claims; (Fig.) rest; death.
- English Word Quill Definition One of the large feathers of a bird's wing, or one of the rectrices of the tail; also, the stock of such a feather.
- English Word Quill Definition A pen for writing made by sharpening and splitting the point or nib of the stock of a feather; as, history is the proper subject of his quill.
- English Word Quill Definition A spine of the hedgehog or porcupine.
- English Word Quill Definition The pen of a squid. See Pen.
- English Word Quill Definition The plectrum with which musicians strike the strings of certain instruments.
- English Word Quill Definition The tube of a musical instrument.
- English Word Quill Definition Something having the form of a quill
- English Word Quill Definition The fold or plain of a ruff.
- English Word Quill Definition A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle.
- English Word Quill Definition A hollow spindle.