tranquillyadv.
/ˈtraŋkwɪli/ In a tranquil manner; calmly, quietly.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adverb]
softOE
i-semelichec1275
peaceablya1382
restfully1433
quietly1488
quietously1546
restly1561
quiet1568
calmly1597
reposedly1598
lowna1600
undisturbedly1647
peacefully1667
tranquilly1756
stilly1802
lownly1820
reposefully1852
sleepily1873
the mind > emotion > calmness > [adverb]
evenlyOE
egallyc1374
soberly1382
sadly?a1400
wellc1405
digestlya1522
calmly1597
placidly1635
sedately1646
equanimously1652
recollectedly1654
serenely1690
composedly1702
dispassionately1717
serene1728
unperturbedly?1786
solidly1799
tranquilly1801
relaxedly1819
collectedly1838
comfortably1872
equably1873
unagitatedly1894
1756 Crit. Rev. 2 340 The French author is not much oblig'd..to his English translator. We meet with the words,..misanthropes, tranquilly, emanate, legerity..and many others.
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 152 The Old Man tranquilly Up his curled pipe inhales The tranquillizing herb.
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 73 Tranquilly to sit by a mortal enemy.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xi. 198 The reason they rest tranquilly in their graves now.
1851 N. Hawthorne Snow Image (1879) 46 More years sped swiftly and tranquilly away.
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