Unruffled
[ʌn'rʌf(ə)ld] or [ʌn'rʌfld]
Definition
(a.) Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.
Typist: Sam
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Calm, tranquil, composed, undisturbed, cool, quiet, still, placid, peaceful, philosophical, collected, serene, unmoved, imperturbable.
Typist: Osborn
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See DISCOVER]
Checker: Susie
Definition
adj. not ruffled: calm.—v.i. Unruff′le to settle into calmness.
Typist: Wanda
Examples
- The Count put it on again with unruffled composure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yes, he said with the most unruffled composure, I have submitted. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The last thing I saw was Littimer's unruffled eye; fraught, as I fancied, with the silent conviction that I was very young indeed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Edison's life fairly teems with instances of unruffled patience in the pursuit of experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Wanda