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tranquillityor tran·quil·i·ty [ trang-kwil-i-tee ] / træŋˈkwɪl ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tranquillity ON THESAURUS.COM
nounquality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity. Origin of tranquillity1325–75; Middle English tranquillite<Latin tranquillitās.See tranquil, -ity Words nearby tranquillitytrannie, tranny, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquilizer, tranquillity, tranquillize, tranquillizer, trans, transacetylase, transacetylation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tranquillityI preferred her so rather than in that Madonna-like tranquillity which stirred the depths of my heart. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST She brought with her that special presence and tranquillity as she sat speaking with his wife. Exclusive Photo: Gabrielle Giffords’s Navy SEAL Skydive|Michael Daly|February 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST His daughter's tranquillity seems to have come from her mother; certainly it cannot be inherited from the restless Reginald Adair. A True Friend|Adeline Sergeant What, if after twenty years of tranquillity all her troubles must now be recommenced? Orley Farm|Anthony Trollope
You have sacrificed every thing for that—your tranquillity, your conscience, the blood of your soldiers, and now your wife! Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia|L. Mhlbach, It may throw dust in their eyes, but does not smooth our own brow, or give us the tranquillity of the strong when we walk abroad. Essays, Second Series|Ralph Waldo Emerson He was tall and pale and his large brown eyes had the tranquillity of a devout faith in them. The Valley of Vision|Henry Van Dyke
British Dictionary definitions for tranquillitytranquillitysometimes US tranquility
nouna state of calm or quietude Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tranquillitytranquility, calmness, serenity, calm, stillness, inactivity, placidness, quietude, quietness, peacefulness, peace, quiet, hush, lull, noiselessness, still, placidity, inaction, doldrums, dispassion |