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adjective
1.
calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled: a serene landscape; serene old age.
2.
clear; fair: serene weather.
3.
(usually initial capital letter) most high or august (used as a royal epithet, usually preceded by his, your, etc.): His Serene Highness.
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Serenely
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1495–1505; < Latin serēnus (of the sky, weather) clear, unclouded
1495–1505; < Latin serēnus (of the sky, weather) clear, unclouded
Related forms
se·rene·ly, adverb
se·rene·ness, noun
o·ver·se·rene, adjective
o·ver·se·rene·ly, adverb
un·se·rene, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. undisturbed, imperturbable, unperturbed, composed, collected. See peaceful. 2. unclouded.
1. undisturbed, imperturbable, unperturbed, composed, collected. See peaceful. 2. unclouded.
Antonyms
1. disturbed. 2. clouded.
1. disturbed. 2. clouded.
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Word Origin & History
serene
c.1500, "clear, calm," from L. serenus "peaceful, calm, clear" (of weather), of unknown origin. Applied to persons since 1630s.
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