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SERENE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Completely clear and fine
Example:
serene skies and a bright blue sea
Classified under:
Similar:
clear (free from clouds or mist or haze)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Not agitated; without losing self-possession
Example:
tranquil life in the country
Synonyms:
calm; serene; tranquil; unagitated
Classified under:
Similar:
composed (serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress)
Context examples:
Suddenly some one passed below, whistling like an operatic blackbird, and a voice called out, "All serene! Coming in tonight."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Dutch Sam thrust the brandy-bladder between his teeth, while Mendoza shook him savagely and howled insults in his ear, but neither the spirits nor the sense of injury could break into that serene insensibility.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
How happy and serene all nature appears!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Her beautiful serene eyes met mine as she came towards me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
April advanced to May: a bright serene May it was; days of blue sky, placid sunshine, and soft western or southern gales filled up its duration.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A serene sky and verdant fields filled me with ecstasy.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The beautiful, calm manner, which makes her so different in my remembrance from everybody else, came back again, as if a cloud had passed from a serene sky.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It was moonlight and gaslight besides, and very still and serene.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
