1. in a quiet, inactive, or dormant manner; without motion or activity
Usage: formal

Examples

• The volcano has remained quiescently dormant for over a century.
• She sat quiescently in the corner, observing the heated debate.
• The patient rested quiescently after the surgery.
• The lake lay quiescently under the moonlight.
• The seeds waited quiescently in the soil for spring.
• He accepted the decision quiescently, without protest.