hushed, ppl. a.
(hʌʃt)
Also 7–8 hush'd. See also husht.
[Historically a continuation of the earlier adj. husht, but treated as the pa. pple. of hush v.1, after the appearance of the latter.]
Reduced to silence; silenced, stilled, quieted.
| 1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. i. Wks. 1856 I. 15 Vouchsafe me, then, your hush'd observances. 1670 Dryden Conq. Granada i. i, No more; but hush'd as Midnight Silence go. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 8 ¶7 The Air was hushed, the Multitude attentive. 1877 Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. vii. 183 No brethren of Saint Dominic inhabit the hushed and empty cells. 1898 Daily News 8 Mar. 3/6 All spoke in hushed whispers. |
Hence hushedly (ˈhʌʃɪdlɪ) adv., in a hushed manner.
| 1851 G. Meredith Poems, Song, Hushedly, mournfully, mistily up to the shore. 1892 Le Gallienne Love's Worship, In morning meadows I have knelt to thee, In noontide woodlands hearkened hushedly. |