QUIETNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does quietness mean? 

• QUIETNESS (noun)
  The noun QUIETNESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of making no sound

2. a state of peace and quiet

  Familiarity information: QUIETNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• QUIETNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of making no sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

quietness; soundlessness

Hypernyms ("quietness" is a kind of...):

quiet; silence (the absence of sound)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quietness"):

noiselessness (the property of making no noise)

Derivation:

quiet (free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A state of peace and quiet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

quietness; quietude; tranquility; tranquillity

Hypernyms ("quietness" is a kind of...):

calmness (a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "quietness"):

ataraxis; heartsease; peace; peace of mind; peacefulness; repose; serenity (the absence of mental stress or anxiety)

easiness; relaxation (a feeling of refreshing tranquility and an absence of tension or worry)

Derivation:

quiet ((of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves)

quiet (characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity)

 Context examples 

It was performed with suitable quietness and uneventful safety.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

At any rate, we have proved one thing; that the spells of quietness last a reasonable time.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

His quietness, under the circumstances, was terrible.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I think he values the very quietness you speak of, and that the repose of his own family circle is all he wants.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

He did not know that his quietness was giving the lie to Arthur's words of the day before, when that brother of hers had announced that he was going to bring a wild man home to dinner and for them not to be alarmed, because they would find him an interesting wild man.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She was carried out of the room therefore in her mother's arms, in quest of this medicine, and as the two boys chose to follow, though earnestly entreated by their mother to stay behind, the four young ladies were left in a quietness which the room had not known for many hours.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

The quietness of the game made it particularly eligible for Mr. Woodhouse, who had often been distressed by the more animated sort, which Mr. Weston had occasionally introduced, and who now sat happily occupied in lamenting, with tender melancholy, over the departure of the poor little boys, or in fondly pointing out, as he took up any stray letter near him, how beautifully Emma had written it.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

She speedily comprehended all his merits; the persuasion of his regard for Elinor perhaps assisted her penetration; but she really felt assured of his worth: and even that quietness of manner, which militated against all her established ideas of what a young man's address ought to be, was no longer uninteresting when she knew his heart to be warm and his temper affectionate.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)