Tranquillity
[træŋ'kwɪlətɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a state of peace and quiet.
(noun.) an untroubled state; free from disturbances.
Edited by Angelina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; composure.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Quiet, peace, stillness, serenity, calmness, placidness, repose, tranquilness.
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Examples
- His design for that great work demanded a prelude of splendour and tranquillity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I tried again to sleep; but my heart beat anxiously: my inward tranquillity was broken. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I entered again into the every-day scene of life, if not with interest, at least with some degree of tranquillity. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In this you are right; but as to the restored tranquillity of the neighbourhood, as to the permanent good effect of your charitable fund, I doubt. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Only as ultimately securing tranquillity of mind, which the philosopher instinctively pursues, has it for him any necessity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What was there in our tranquillity, that excited your envy--in our happiness, that ye should destroy it? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I have hardly had time yet to enjoy a sense of tranquillity, much less to grow impatient under one of loneliness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She might in time regain tranquillity; but HE, what had he to look forward to? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- But now, in the midst of the dying and the dead, how could a thought of heaven or a sensation of tranquillity possess one of the murderers? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He lay in that blessed calm which convalescence always induces, enjoying in secure tranquillity his liberty and re-union with her whom he adored. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We have been unfortunate, and recent events have drawn us from that every-day tranquillity befitting my years and infirmities. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Edmund could not help noticing their apparently deep tranquillity. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Dobbin, who was thus vigorously besieged, was in the meanwhile in a state of the most odious tranquillity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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