Meanings
adverbtranquilly (comparative more tranquilly, superlative most tranquilly)
comparative more tranquilly · superlative most tranquilly
- In a tranquil manner.
When we see a party looking tranquilly up to heaven, unconscious that his body is shot through and through with arrows, we know that that is St. Sebastian.
1869, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “LEARNING THE RUDIMENTS”, in The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims’ Progress; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company. […], →OCLC, page 238
Origin
Translations
Dutch rustig
- rustigin a tranquil manner
Esperanto trankvile
- trankvilein a tranquil manner
Hungarian nyugodtan
- nyugodtanin a tranquil manner
Spanish tranquilamente, con tranquilidad
- tranquilamentein a tranquil manner
- con tranquilidadin a tranquil manner
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