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Definition of Quieter
1. n. One who, or that which, quiets.
Definition of Quieter
1. Adjective. (comparative of quiet) ¹
2. Noun. One who quiets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Quieter
1. one that quiets [n -S] - See also: quiets
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quieter
Literary usage of Quieter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"... cxxv THE quieter THINGS OF HOME UPSET and disturbed as Mark Twain often was,
he seldom permitted his distractions to interfere with the program of his ..."
2. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"... cxxv THE quieter THINGS OF HOME UPSET and disturbed as Mark Twain often was,
he seldom permitted his distractions to interfere with the program of his ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1849)
"With bis quiet wife, ber still quieter maiden sister, and a few friends, their
circle is complete. If he should e»er come to be lord mayor of London, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1837)
"The country is said to be the quieter life ; not to me, I am sure. In town the
business I have ... quieter ..."
5. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"But I am able to keep on foot; and my mind is quieter; and on the whole I have
reason to be thankful. I hope you have got my Husband's new Book* by this ..."
6. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"But I am able to keep on foot; and my mind is quieter; and on the whole I have
reason to be thankful. I hope you have got my Husband's new Book* by this ..."
7. Rupert Brooke: A Memoir by Edward Howard Marsh (1922)
"No one could have wished a quieter or a calmer end than in that lovely bay,
shielded by the mountains and fragrant with sage and thyme.1 "We buried him the ..."
8. Poetical Fragments: Heart-imployment with God and it Self, the Concordant by Richard Baxter (1689)
"... Sheep live quieter than they. Men keep their Flocks that they may multiply,
So that but few by Wolves and Lions die; ..."
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