tranquiladj.
/ˈtraŋkwɪl/ Free from agitation or disturbance; calm, serene, placid, quiet, peaceful.
a. Of the mind, or affairs.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective]
eveneOE
still1340
unperturbeda1450
unmovedc1480
quietful1494
lowna1500
calma1568
calmya1586
unpassionatea1586
smartless1593
reposeful1594
dispassionate1595
recollected1595
unaffectedc1595
unpassioned?1605
unpassionated1611
collecteda1616
tranquila1616
untouched1616
impassionate1621
composed1628
dispassioneda1631
tranquillous1638
slow1639
serene1640
dispassionated1647
imperturbed1652
unruffled1654
reposing1655
equanimous1656
perplacid1660
placate1662
equal1680
collect1682
cooled1682
posed1693
sedate1693
impassive1699
uninflamed1714
unexcited1735
unalarmed1756
unfanned1764
unagitated1772
undistraught1773
recollected1792
equable1796
unfussy1823
take-it-easy1825
unflurried1854
cool1855
comfortable1856
disimpassioned1860
tremorless1869
unpressured1879
unrippled1883
ice-cool1891
unrattled1891
Zen-likea1908
unrestless1919
steadyish1924
ataractic1941
relaxed1958
nonplussed1960
loose1968
Zenned-out1968
downtempo1972
mellowed1977
de-stressed1999
the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adjective]
stillc1275
coyc1330
restful1340
quieta1382
peaceablec1384
peacefula1400
undisturbleda1400
somec1460
quietous1528
reposeda1533
unnoyed1543
calma1568
halcyon1570
calmya1586
quietsome1595
halcyonian1602
undisturbeda1610
halcedonian1611
tranquila1616
tranquillous1638
slumbering1645
halcydon1648
smooth1757
slumberous1765
stilly1776
sleeping1785
unfrenzied1805
Sabbath-like1824
unbustling1826
eddyless1862
restinga1865
pacific1865
Sabbatismal1881
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 353 Farewell the tranquile mind, farewell content. View more context for this quotation
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Tranquill, quiet, peaceable.
1755 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) III. 328 I thank God all is tranquil again, after many fears and alarms.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. i. 23 Adeline appeared more tranquil than she had yet been.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. v. 77 She had sat..watching, in tranquil melancholy, the gradual effect of evening over the extensive prospect.
1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey iii. 57 They sat down for the tranquiller observance of the wharf.
b. Of the sea, the weather, a landscape, etc.
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1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. viii. 83 Relieved by approaching a warmer climate and more tranquil seas.
1807 G. Crabbe Library (rev. ed.) in Poems 139 The Treasures of this tranquil Scene.
1836 R. W. Emerson Nature in Misc. in Wks. (1906) II. 143 In the tranquil landscape..man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature.
1861 J. H. Bennet Mentone as Winter Climate ii. 49 The ordinary notion of the Mediterranean is that of a blue and tranquil ocean lake.
c. Of things or actions: Steady, regular, even.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective]
oneOE
consimilec1400
suinga1425
even?c1425
agreeable1512
uniform1540
consemblable?1541
suant1547
constantc1550
just?1556
similar1563
similary1564
unvaried1570
uniformal1574
consimilar1577
homogeneana1601
homogeneal1603
homogene1607
invariable1607
of a piece1607
undistinguisheda1616
univocal1615
immutable1621
uniformable1632
solemn1639
homogeneous1646
consistent1651
pariformal1651
self-consistent1651
congeniousa1656
level1655
undiversificated1659
equal1663
of one make1674
invarieda1676
congenerous1683
undiversified1684
equable1693
solid1699
consisting1700
tranquil1794
unbranching1826
horizontal1842
sole1845
self-similar1847
homoeomeric1865
equiformal1883
monochrome1970
1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 434 Crystallized by tranquil fusion and slow refrigeration.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xiii. 288 The heating power of the tranquil flame is much economised..by using a jacket.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. ix. 298 How those winding roads steal with their tranquil slope from height to height.
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