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tranquillity

or tran·quil·i·ty

[ trang-kwil-i-tee ]

/ træŋˈkwɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.

Origin of tranquillity

1325–75; Middle English tranquillite < Latin tranquillitās. See tranquil, -ity

Words nearby tranquillity

trannie, tranny, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquilizer, tranquillity, tranquillize, tranquillizer, trans, trans alai, trans fat

Example sentences from the Web for tranquillity

I preferred her so rather than in that Madonna-like tranquillity which stirred the depths of my heart.

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She brought with her that special presence and tranquillity as she sat speaking with his wife.

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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 tranquillity

tranquillity

sometimes US tranquility

/ (træŋˈkwɪlɪtɪ) /

noun

a state of calm or quietude