Quietude
['kwaɪɪtjuːd] or ['kwaɪətud]
Definition
(n.) Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
Checked by Curtis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Quiet.
Typed by Alice
Examples
- Towards midnight the teasing, monotonous bark of the house-dog disturbed the quietude of their vigil. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A strange quietude settled over her look, her movements, her very voice. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- We were going simply to see the old trees, the old ruins; to pass a day in old times, surrounded by olden silence, and above all by quietude. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But if you married Mr. Ladislaw, not anybody else, Celia went on with persevering quietude. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Hilda