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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

hushed

/(hŭsht)/ · IPA /hʌʃt/
01 adj. having the sound level reduced; -- especially used of the noise of conversation; as, speaking in hushed tones.
  1. 1.
    having the sound level reduced; -- especially used of the noise of conversation; as, speaking in hushed tones.
  2. 2.
    having relatively little noise; as, a hushed church.
Syn. muted. — Syn. -- quiet.