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On The Quiet

Definition: On The Quiet

On The Quiet

Adjective

1. Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance".

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Synonyms: On The Quiet

Synonyms: clandestine (adj), cloak-and-dagger (adj), hole-and-corner(a) (adj), hugger-mugger (adj), hush-hush (adj), on the quiet(p) (adj), secret (adj), surreptitious (adj), undercover (adj), underground (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: On The Quiet

English words defined with "on the quiet": Angle of reposegenus PotamogetonPacific Ocean, placid, Potamogetonquietstilltranquilunruffled. (references)
Specialty definitions using "on the quiet": C-index, CSMA/CD, CSMACDdiskless workstationJephthahLOVERseismic gap, Seraiah, Sleepy HollowVery Vulgar Vulgarisms. (references)

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Modern Usage: On The Quiet

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

On the Quiet (1918)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: On The Quiet

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Knights practising on the quiet. Credit: Library of Congress.

William Collier in Augustus Thomas' new comedy, On the quiet. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translations: On The Quiet

Language Translations for "on the quiet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

тайно (darkling, furtively, hugger mugger, in camera, in private, inwardly, on the sly, privately, privily, secretly, under the counter, under the rose, underground, underhand, underhanded), тихомълком (by stealth, tacitly). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

salavihkaa (furtively, in secret). (various references)

   

German

  

unter der Hand (underhand, underhandly). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szép csendben (on the q. t., on the q.t.), suba alatt (by stealth, on the q. t., on the q.t., stealthily), legnagyobb titokban (in strict privacy, on the q. t.). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onay ethay ietquay

   

Spanish

  

a escondidas. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

gizlice (by devious means, by stealth, clandestinely, confidentially, furtively, in privacy, in private, in secret, on the sly, secretly, sub rosa, under the counter, under the rose, underground), çaktırmadan (on the sly, slily, without attracting smb.'s attention, without being noticed). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

нишком, під великим секретом. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: On The Quiet

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-n-o-q-t-t-u"

-2 letters: quotient.

-3 letters: quieten, quintet.

-4 letters: equine, ethion, outhit, quinte, tentie, tenuti, tenuto, theine, toquet.

-5 letters: queen, quiet, quint, quite, quoin, quoit, quote, quoth, teeth, tenet, tenth, thein, thine, tithe, toque, tutee, unite, untie.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-n-o-q-t-t-u"
 

+4 letters: coquettishness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: On The Quiet


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 6E      54 68 65      51 75 69 65 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01010001 01110101 01101001 01100101 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#79 &#110 &#32 &#84 &#104 &#101 &#32 &#81 &#117 &#105 &#101 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004F 006E      0054 0068 0065      0051 0075 0069 0065 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4980254747125187757186

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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