In terms of talking, what is the opposite of a loud voice? For example, when someone is talking and I can not hear them properly, how can I say to them that their voice is very "opposite to loud&
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57 The German phrase "weil sie zu leise sprechen" can be directly translated as "because they were speaking too softly " or "too quietly ". The opposite of loud is quiet and quietly is a perfectly valid adverb.
When associating with loud, it's uncommon to use 'less' as the comparative form is louder. So we would use the opposite of loud, 'quite' but in the comparative form (quieter).
In the case of someone shouting to be heard at all over loud music, it would take a set of superhuman lungs to actually drown out the music. The goal there is not to overpower the the music to the point that it is inaudible in comparison with one’s voice, but simply to ensure that the opposite is no longer the case.
The sentence is to be used in a professional setting. For example, my sentence should look like: My must-have for work is a laptop with a long battery life and my [opposite of must-have] is a loud environment. So I am to describe what I really need (the must-have) and what I really do not need to be there (opposite of must-have).