All 3 Uses of
tranquil
in
Persuasion
- The party drove off in very good spirits; Sir Walter prepared with condescending bows for all the afflicted tenantry and cottagers who might have had a hint to show themselves, and Anne walked up at the same time, in a sort of desolate tranquillity, to the Lodge, where she was to spend the first week.†
Chpt 5
- The rest was all tranquillity; till, just as they were moving, she heard the Admiral say to Mary— "We are expecting a brother of Mrs Croft's here soon; I dare say you know him by name."†
Chpt 6 *
- Half an hour's solitude and reflection might have tranquillized her; but the ten minutes only which now passed before she was interrupted, with all the restraints of her situation, could do nothing towards tranquillity.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(tranquil) calm and undisturbed