Tranquilly

Examples

• I see the good old man, so long their friend, in ten years' time enriching them with all he has, and passing tranquilly to his reward. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She had risen, and stood before him in a kind of clouded majesty, like some deposed princess moving tranquilly to exile. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I persuaded myself that, unequal though we were in years, she would live tranquilly and contentedly with me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• When we see a monk with a book and a pen, looking tranquilly up to heaven, trying to think of a word, we know that that is St. Matthew. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But finally they dismissed us with a warning, couched in excellent Greek, I suppose, and dropped tranquilly in our wake. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• She began to cut the pages of a novel, tranquilly studying her prey through downcast lashes while she organized a method of attack. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Some two hours afterwards, Mortimer Lightwood saw his consciousness come back, and instantly, but very tranquilly, bent over him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• When we see a monk going about with a lion and looking tranquilly up to heaven, we know that that is St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Then turning away towards any or all of the rest, he tranquilly said, Mr. and Miss Crawford were mentioned in my last letters from Mansfield. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• When we see other monks looking tranquilly up to heaven, but having no trade-mark, we always ask who those parties are. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Edited by Ellis