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"quiet" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often shh (3 letters).
Definitions
(of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
Word origin
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
Used in a sentence
“I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.”
“On the light streets, better streetcleaners, more trees, more police, and quieter buses were the most popular improvements, followed by cutting down the number of cars and improving children's play space.”
“Before long, the unsuspecting salesman was earnestly pitching him "the quietest noisemaker on the market."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer9 curated clues
01“Library-like”5 letters
02“Library-like in sound”5 letters
03“Low in noise”5 letters
04“Low-noise”5 letters
05“Nearly silent”5 letters
06“Not noisy”5 letters
07“Soft-spoken”5 letters
08“Without much sound”5 letters
09“Low in sound”5 letters
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