All 24 Uses of
tranquil
in
Jane Eyre
- I was silent; Helen had calmed me; but in the tranquillity she imparted there was an alloy of inexpressible sadness.
p. 83.5tranquillity = calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquillity was no more.
p. 101.3tranquil = calm
- It did not seem as if a prop were withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had failed me, but the reason for tranquillity was no more.
p. 101.4tranquillity = calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- I am not very tranquil in my mind.
p. 111.5tranquil = calm
- And yet it is said the Rochesters have been rather a violent than a quiet race in their time: perhaps, though, that is the reason they rest tranquilly in their graves now.
p. 125.8tranquilly = calmly and undisturbed
- the church at the gates, the road, the tranquil hills, all reposing in the autumn day's sun;
p. 126.1tranquil = peaceful
- I felt a conscientious solicitude for Adele's welfare and progress, and a quiet liking for her little self: just as I cherished towards Mrs. Fairfax a thankfulness for her kindness, and a pleasure in her society proportionate to the tranquil regard she had for me, and the moderation of her mind and character.
p. 129.0tranquil = steady (free from disturbance)
- It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
p. 129.8 *tranquillity = peace and quietunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- I did not like re-entering Thornfield. To pass its threshold was to return to stagnation; to cross the silent hall, to ascend the darksome staircase, to seek my own lonely little room, and then to meet tranquil Mrs. Fairfax, and spend the long winter evening with her, and her only, was to quell wholly the faint excitement wakened by my walk,
p. 137.2tranquil = calm
- I tried again to sleep; but my heart beat anxiously: my inward tranquillity was broken.
p. 173.1tranquillity = calmunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- I went on with my day's business tranquilly; but ever and anon vague suggestions kept wandering across my brain of reasons why I should quit Thornfield;
p. 189.9tranquilly = calmly and undisturbed
- and the more absolute her superiority, the deeper would have been my admiration — the more truly tranquil my quiescence.
p. 216.9tranquil = calm (without being disturbed)
- The library looked tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sibyl — if Sibyl she were — was seated snugly enough in an easy-chair at the chimney-corner.
p. 227.0tranquil = peaceful
- Her own fortune she had taken care to secure; and when her mother died — and it was wholly improbable, she tranquilly remarked, that she should either recover or linger long — she would execute a long-cherished project: seek a retirement where punctual habits would be permanently secured from disturbance, and place safe barriers between herself and a frivolous world.
p. 270.9tranquilly = calmly
- Mr. Rochester came thrice to my door in the course of it, to ask if I was safe and tranquil: and that was comfort, that was strength for anything.
p. 296.8tranquil = undisturbed
- With little Adele in my arms, I watched the slumber of childhood — so tranquil, so passionless, so innocent — and waited for the coming day: all my life was awake and astir in my frame: and as soon as the sun rose I rose too.
p. 329.9tranquil = peaceful
- I advise you to live sinless, and I wish you to die tranquil.
p. 364.7tranquil = peacefully
- Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
p. 372.2tranquil = unworried
- But my night was wretched, my rest broken: the ground was damp, the air cold: besides, intruders passed near me more than once, and I had again and again to change my quarters; no sense of safety or tranquillity befriended me.
p. 379.1tranquillity = calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- "I believe you will accept the post I offer you," said he, "and hold it for a while: not permanently, though: any more than I could permanently keep the narrow and narrowing — the tranquil, hidden office of English country incumbent; for in your nature is an alloy as detrimental to repose as that in mine, though of a different kind."
p. 407.9tranquil = peaceful and undisturbed
- I have hardly had time yet to enjoy a sense of tranquillity, much less to grow impatient under one of loneliness.
p. 416.3tranquillity = peace and quietunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- By nine o'clock the next morning I was punctually opening the school; tranquil, settled, prepared for the steady duties of the day.
p. 423.8tranquil = calm
- This, spoken in a cool, tranquil tone, was mortifying and baffling enough.
p. 474.9
- It seemed I could hear all that was to come — whatever the disclosures might be — with comparative tranquillity.
p. 491.1tranquillity = calmunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
Definition:
calm and undisturbed