Calmness
['kɑmnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) a feeling of calm; an absence of agitation or excitement.
(noun.) an absence of strong winds or rain.
Typist: Serena--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.
Checker: Sandra
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Quietness, tranquillity, serenity, repose, peace, stillness, calm, placidity, lull.[2]. Mildness, coolness, sedateness, composure.
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Examples
- He received the communication with perfect calmness, and acquiesced in its propriety. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Tease calmness of manner and presence of mind! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- My illness has made me think It has given me leisure and calmness for serious recollection. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He was only restored to comparative calmness by repeated assurances of the certainty of discovering the fugitive. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I am glad you gave him something considerable, said Lady Bertram, with most unsuspicious calmness, for _I_ gave him only 10 pounds. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You are an enviable dog, said the Vicar, to have such a prospect--Rosamond, calmness and freedom, all to your share. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She made that strange reply with a weary calmness and coldness. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You mean, answered Elinor, with forced calmness, Mr. Willoughby's marriage with Miss Grey. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Try Jenny,' suggested that young lady with great calmness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I _have_, said Legree, with a grim, terrible calmness, _done--just--that--thing_, Tom, unless you'll tell me what you know about these yer gals! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Her unwillingness to quit her mother was her only restorative to calmness; and at the moment of parting her grief on that score was excessive. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Happily for the preservation of my calmness and my courage there was time for nothing but action. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Not quite, returned Emma, with forced calmness, for all that you then said, appeared to me to relate to a different person. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Of course you have seen my fire, she answered with languid calmness, artificially maintained. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Elinor needed little observation to perceive that her reserve was a mere calmness of manner with which sense had nothing to do. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
Typist: Shane