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tranquil, a.|ˈtræŋkwɪl|
Also 7 tranquill.
[ad. L. tranquillus quiet. Cf. F. tranquille (1470 in Godefroy Compl.).]
Free from agitation or disturbance; calm, serene, placid, quiet, peaceful. a. Of the mind, or affairs.
1604Shakes. Oth. iii. iii. 348 Farewell the Tranquill minde; farewell Content. 1623Cockeram, Tranquill, quiet, peaceable. 1755Mrs. Delany in Life & Corr. (1861) III. 328, I thank God all is tranquil again, after many fears and alarms. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest i, Adeline appeared more tranquil than she had yet been. 1794― Myst. Udolpho xliii, She had sat.. watching in tranquil melancholy the gradual effect of evening over the extensive prospect. 1872Howells Wedd. Journ. (1892) 66 They sat down for the tranquiller observance of the wharf.
b. Of the sea, the weather, a landscape, etc.
1748Anson's Voy. i. viii. 83 Relieved by approaching a warmer climate and more tranquil seas. 1807Crabbe Library 52 The treasures of this tranquil scene. 1836Emerson Misc., Nature Wks. (Bohn) II. 143 In the tranquil landscape..man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature. 1861–75J. H. Bennet Winter Medit. i. v. 122 The ordinary notion of the Mediterranean is that of a blue and tranquil ocean lake.
c. Of things or actions: Steady, regular, even.
1796Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) I. 434 Crystallized by tranquil fusion and slow refrigeration. 1827Faraday Chem. Manip. xiii. (1842) 293 The heating power of the tranquil flame is much economised..by using a jacket. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. vi. 298 How those winding roads steal with their tranquil slope from height to height. |