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calmness|ˈkɑːmnɪs|
[f. calm a. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being calm; stillness, tranquillity, quietness. a. orig. Absence of wind: now calm.
1516Pynson Life St. Birgette 58 There arose anon suche a great calmenes that in a lytell smalle Bote they came..to londe. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke viii. 24 (R.) Immediately shall the tempeste be tourned into calmnesse.
b. Stillness of the sea or other surface of water, of the atmosphere, or general aspect of nature.
1580Baret Alv. C 40 Calmenesse or quietnesse of the sea. 1719De Foe Crusoe (1840) I. i. 9 The sea was returned to its..settled calmness. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §16. 106 The calmness was perfect.
c. transf. and fig. Of the mind, feelings, or demeanour; of conditions and circumstances, etc.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. ii. (1634) 513 The Church in calmenesse of time appeareth quiet and free. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxii. §18 Calmness of speech. 1699Luttrell Brief Rel. IV. 538 The dyet goes on with calmnesse. 1823Lamb Elia (1860) 153 The Quakers go about their business..with more calmness than we. 1883Lloyd Ebb & Flow II. 283 The almost rigid calmness of his features. |