All 8 Uses of
tranquil
in
Pride and Prejudice
- In his library he had been always sure of leisure and tranquillity; and though prepared, as he told Elizabeth, to meet with folly and conceit in every other room of the house, he was used to be free from them there; his civility, therefore, was most prompt in inviting Mr. Collins to join his daughters in their walk; and Mr. Collins, being in fact much better fitted for a walker than a reader, was extremely pleased to close his large book, and go.†
p. 70.8tranquillity = peace and quiet; or calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- But not long was the interval of tranquillity; for, when supper was over, singing was talked of, and she had the mortification of seeing Mary, after very little entreaty, preparing to oblige the company.†
p. 98.3 *
- Mr. Bennet's emotions were much more tranquil on the occasion, and such as he did experience he pronounced to be of a most agreeable sort; for it gratified him, he said, to discover that Charlotte Lucas, whom he had been used to think tolerably sensible, was as foolish as his wife, and more foolish than his daughter!†
p. 125.4
- It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity.†
p. 127.4tranquillity = peace and quiet; or calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- With assumed tranquillity he then replied: "I have no wish of denying that I did everything in my power to separate my friend from your sister, or that I rejoice in my success.†
p. 187.3
- "You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns," said Darcy, in a less tranquil tone, and with a heightened color.†
p. 187.7
- Having never even fancied herself in love before, her regard had all the warmth of first attachment, and, from her age and disposition, greater steadiness than most first attachments often boast; and so fervently did she value his remembrance, and prefer him to every other man, that all her good sense, and all her attention to the feelings of her friends, were requisite to check the indulgence of those regrets which must have been injurious to her own health and their tranquillity.†
p. 219.7tranquillity = peace and quiet; or calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- Every thing was too recent for gaiety, but the evening passed tranquilly away; there was no longer anything material to be dreaded, and the comfort of ease and familiarity would come in time.†
p. 357.4tranquilly = calmly and undisturbed
Definition:
calm and undisturbed