All 9 Uses
tranquil
in
Fathers and Sons
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- It was long and lean, with a broad forehead, a nose flat at the base and sharper at the end, large greenish eyes, and drooping whiskers of a sandy colour; it was lighted up by a tranquil smile, and showed self-confidence and intelligence.†
Chpt 2
- 'Hoity-toity!' responded Bazarov tranquilly.†
Chpt 9 *tranquilly = calmly and undisturbed
- Her bare arms lay gracefully beside her slender waist; gracefully some light sprays of fuchsia drooped from her shining hair on to her sloping shoulders; her clear eyes looked out from under a rather overhanging white brow, with a tranquil and intelligent expression—tranquil it was precisely, not pensive—and on her lips was a scarcely perceptible smile.†
Chpt 14
- Her bare arms lay gracefully beside her slender waist; gracefully some light sprays of fuchsia drooped from her shining hair on to her sloping shoulders; her clear eyes looked out from under a rather overhanging white brow, with a tranquil and intelligent expression—tranquil it was precisely, not pensive—and on her lips was a scarcely perceptible smile.†
Chpt 14
- But his timidity and agitation did not last long; Madame Odintsov's tranquillity gained upon him too; before a quarter of an hour had passed he was telling her freely about his father, his uncle, his life in Petersburg and in the country.†
Chpt 14tranquillity = peace and quiet; or calmnessunconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use tranquility.
- Arkady presented Bazarov, and noticed with secret amazement that he seemed embarrassed, while Madame Odintsov remained perfectly tranquil, as she had been the previous day.†
Chpt 15
- Her imagination indeed overstepped the limits of what is reckoned permissible by conventional morality; but even then her blood flowed as quietly as ever in her fascinatingly graceful, tranquil body.†
Chpt 16
- 'You know, I sometimes suffer with my liver,' Pavel Petrovitch answered tranquilly.†
Chpt 23tranquilly = calmly and undisturbed
- Their faces, too, had changed since we saw them last; Arkady looked more tranquil, Katya brighter and more daring.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(tranquil) calm and undisturbed
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)