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1 quietly
adverb2) (peacefully, tranquilly) ruhigbe quietly drinking one's tea — in [aller] Ruhe seinen Tee trinken
3) (gently) sanftthey settled the affair quietly — sie haben die Angelegenheit unter sich (Dat.) ausgemacht
get married quietly — im kleinen Rahmen heiraten
* * *adverb ruhig* * *qui·et·ly[ˈkwaɪətli]1. (not loudly) leisehe is a \quietly spoken, thoughtful man er ist ein nachdenklicher Mann, der mit leiser Stimme spricht2. (silently) stillit's a fair cop — I'll come \quietly erwischt! — ich werde kein Theater machen und mitkommen famto sit \quietly stillsitzento wait \quietly ruhig warten3. (unobtrusively) unauffälligthe plan has been \quietly dropped der Plan wurde stillschweigend fallengelassento be \quietly confident insgeheim überzeugt sein* * *['kwaIətlɪ]adv(= making little noise) leise; (= peacefully, making little fuss) ruhig; (= secretly) still und heimlich; dressed dezent; (= placidly) stillto live quietly — ruhig or zurückgezogen leben
I can only think how happy I am, how quietly content — ich kann mich nur glücklich und zutiefst zufrieden schätzen
I was sitting here quietly sipping my wine —
he sat down and quietly died — er setzte sich hin und starb in aller Stille
he refused to go quietly — er weigerte sich, unauffällig zu gehen
are you going to come quietly? (said by policeman) — kommen Sie widerstandslos mit?, kommen Sie ohne Widerstand zu leisten mit?
he slipped off quietly — er machte sich in aller Stille davon (inf)
they got married very quietly —
and all the time he was quietly writing a novel about us — und die ganze Zeit hat er still und heimlich einen Roman über uns geschrieben
* * *adverb1) (silently) still; (not loudly) leise2) (peacefully, tranquilly) ruhigbe quietly drinking one's tea — in [aller] Ruhe seinen Tee trinken
3) (gently) sanft4) (not overtly) insgeheimthey settled the affair quietly — sie haben die Angelegenheit unter sich (Dat.) ausgemacht
5) (not formally) zwanglos6) (not showily) dezent; schlicht* * *adv.ruhig adv.still adv. -
2 pomposamente
adv.pompously, magnificently, loftily, flourishingly.* * *ADV (=con esplendor) splendidly, magnificently; (=con majestuosidad) majestically; (=con ostentación) pompously* * *= stuffily, grandly.Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex. Limbaugh grandly announced on his radio program that he might not support the Republican nominee, as none pass his conservative litmus test.* * *= stuffily, grandly.Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
Ex: Limbaugh grandly announced on his radio program that he might not support the Republican nominee, as none pass his conservative litmus test.* * *1 ‹celebrar› with pomp or splendor*2 ‹hablar› pompouslylo que pomposamente se llamó la fiesta del siglo what was grandly called the party of the century* * *pomposamente adv1. [con suntuosidad] splendidly, with great pomp2. [con ostentación] showily3. [hablar] pompously -
3 speciosus
spĕcĭōsus, a, um, adj. [species] (acc. to species, II. B. 3.), good-looking, showy, handsome, beautiful, splendid, brilliant (not freq. till after the Aug. period; syn.: venustus, pulcher, formosus, spectabilis).A.Lit. (not so in Cic.):B.hunc speciosum pelle decorā,
Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 45:femina,
Quint. 5, 10, 47:puer,
Petr. 41, 6:corpora,
Quint. 11, 3, 26:nec id speciosum fieri putabo,
id. 5, 12, 19:in certaminibus speciosa atque robusta,
id. 11, 3, 26:ministerium,
Vell. 2, 111, 3:familia,
id. 2, 59, 2.— Comp.:familiam nemo speciosiorem producit,
Sen. Ep. 87, 6:si plenior aliquis et speciosior et coloratior factus est,
Cels. 2, 2.— Sup.:homo (Alcibiades),
Quint. 8, 4, 23:corpus,
id. 2, 15, 9:filia,
Petr. 140, 2.—Trop.:1.reversionis has speciosas causas habes,
well-sounding, plausible, specious, Cic. Att. 16, 7, 6; cf.:specioso titulo uti vos, Romani, Graecarum civitatium liberandarum video,
Liv. 35, 16:dictu speciosa,
id. 1, 23:gerentis bellum Romanos speciosum Graeciae liberandae tulisse titulum,
id. 42, 52, 15; 36, 17, 13; cf. Quint. 8, 6, 8:magis necessarium quam speciosum, ministerium,
Liv. 4, 8, 6:dicere aliquod speciosum,
Quint. 1, 5, 3:speciosum dicendi genus,
id. 10, 1, 127:vocabula rerum,
Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 116:miracula,
id. A. P. 144:speciosa locis morataque recte Fabula,
id. ib. 319:speciosa nomina culpae Imponis,
Ov. M. 7, 69:specioso eripe damno,
from this splendid misery, id. ib. 11, 133.— Comp.:cum speciosius quid dicendum est,
Quint. 11, 3, 84:speciosior rhetorice quam dialectice,
id. 2, 20, 7:speciosiore stili genere,
id. 7, 1, 54:gestarum rerum ordinem sequi speciosius fuit,
id. 3, 7, 15.— Sup.:longe speciosissimum genus orationis,
Quint. 8, 6, 49. — Adv.: spĕcĭōsē, showily, handsomely, splendidly.Lit.: vehi, i. e. in a painted or ornamented vessel, Plin. 35, 7, 31, § 49. — Comp.:2.speciosius instratus equus quam uxor vestita,
Liv. 34, 7:tractet arma,
Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 52:quo speciosius ingrediantur sublimes,
Col. 2, 2, 22.— Sup.:contorta hasta (with optime emissa),
Quint. 9, 4, 8.—Trop.:dictum,
Quint. 9, 4, 14:translatum,
id. 2, 5, 9.— Sup.:usus est,
Quint. 8, 6, 18.
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