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Discover Ludwig"smiled quietly" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe someone's subtle reaction to a situation. For example, "When she heard the news, she smiled quietly and thanked the person for sharing."
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I sat down and smiled quietly.
A young man at the Steinway played a few bars of "Body and Soul," and Blair gamely sang, "I'd gladly surrender myself to you, body and soul," then stopped and smiled quietly when nobody else joined her around the piano.
The subjects were videotaped not only as they said ba ba ba and da da da but also as they made nonbabbling noises like "ahhhh" and as they smiled quietly.
The prophets of greed who prey upon need, smiled quietly out in the lobby.
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He smiles quietly.
The smouldering volcano smiles quietly.
"And I just smile quietly to myself.
"But hip-hop has brought us to the world," he adds, smiling quietly.
Shanbag, a spry, watchful man in his mid-50s, smiles quietly when I ask.
Standing next to her and smiling quietly was another Sony staff member, Anthony Jefferson.
"They lit it from inside, people from the ministry," said a uniformed policeman smiling quietly on the sidewalk under the blaze.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
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