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calm

/kɑm/ adjective B1
  1. Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
  2. Free of noise and disturbance.
  3. with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
  4. Without wind or storm.
  5. Good; alright; cool; OK. (slang)

Comparative calmer · Superlative calmest

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Anne wept then, but later on, when she went upstairs and looked in the glass, she was calm with despair.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 217 · C1
I was amazed at the calm way in which he rippled on.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 25 · B2
“You can calm down then, because you’re not going.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 145 · C1
She hastened to restore her sensations to their normal calm by inculcating a moral.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 79 · C1

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