kept quiet
- silentProducing no sound
- hushedReduced to silence
- mutedMade quieter or softer
- suppressedForcibly held down
- secretiveInclined to conceal
whispered · concealed · hidden · muffled · stifled · tight-lipped · discreet · unspoken · reserved · withheld · censored · gagged · shushed · confidential · sworn · buttoned-up · sealed · smothered