All 14 Uses
serene
in
Little Women
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- 2, All serene on the Rappahannock, troops in fine condition, commisary department well conducted, the Home Guard under Colonel Teddy always on duty, Commander in Chief General Laurence reviews the army daily, Quartermaster Mullet keeps order in camp, and Major Lion does picket duty at night.†
p. 185.3serene = calm and untroubled
- Going in to exult over a fallen enemy and to praise a strong-minded sister for the banishment of an objectionable lover, it certainly was a shock to behold the aforesaid enemy serenely sitting on the sofa, with the strongminded sister enthroned upon his knee and wearing an expression of the most abject submission.†
p. 249.1serenely = in a manner that is calm and untroubled
- Not an invalid exactly, but never again the rosy, healthy creature she had been, yet always hopeful, happy, and serene, and busy with the quiet duties she loved, everyone's friend, and an angel in the house, long before those who loved her most had learned to know it.†
p. 257.4serene = calm and untroubled
- Suddenly some one passed below, whistling like an operatic blackbird, and a voice called out, "All serene!†
p. 346.9
- By and by Beth said, with recovered serenity, "You'll tell them this when we go home?"†
p. 403.7serenity = untroubled calm
- A Polish count, aged eighteen, devoted himself to the ladies, who pronounced him, 'a fascinating dear', and a German Serene Something, having come to supper alone, roamed vaguely about, seeking what he might devour.†
p. 413.3serene = calm and untroubled
- The serene Teuton found the supper-table and was happy, eating steadily through the bill of fare, and dismayed the garcons by the ravages he committed.†
p. 415.4
- A sad eclipse of the serene soul, a sharp struggle of the young life with death, but both were mercifully brief, and then the natural rebellion over, the old peace returned more beautiful than ever.†
p. 447.9
- Sitting patient in the shadow
Till the blessed light shall come,
A serene and saintly presence
Sanctifies our troubled home.†p. 449.5 - For the touch of grief will render
My wild nature more serene,
Give to life new aspirations,
A new trust in the unseen.†p. 450.2 - With tears and prayers and tender hands, Mother and sisters made her ready for the long sleep that pain would never mar again, seeing with grateful eyes the beautiful serenity that soon replaced the pathetic patience that had wrung their hearts so long, and feeling with reverent joy that to their darling death was a benignant angel, not a phantom full of dread.†
p. 451.9serenity = untroubled calm
- Beth's face, serene and smiling, as in the early days, looked down upon them, seeming to say, "Be happy."
p. 488.3 *serene = calm and untroubled
- As she grew, her mother began to feel that the Dovecote would be blessed by the presence of an inmate as serene and loving as that which had helped to make the old house home, and to pray that she might be spared a loss like that which had lately taught them how long they had entertained an angel unawares.†
p. 498.7
- She knew that little Ted would turn up again in time, safe and rosy, dirty and serene, and she always received him back with a hearty welcome, for Jo loved her babies tenderly.†
p. 525.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(serene) calm and untroubled
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)