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安 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calm adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  • calmness noun The quality of being calm; a settled, untroubled state.
  • level adj Flat and even; at the same height throughout, or matching a given height.
  • lithe adj Slender without being thin to excess.
  • quiet adj Making little or no sound.
  • quietness noun A lack of noise; silence.
  • staid adj Calm, serious, and unlikely to do anything sudden or exciting.

Senses

安 is used for these senses in English:

  • calm (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
  • calmness (uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
  • level (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
  • lithe (obsolete) Mild; calm.
  • quiet Not busy, of low quantity.
  • quiet The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
  • quietness Absence of disturbance; calm, stillness or serenity.
  • staid Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.

calm — full definition

  1. adj Free from anxiety, agitation, or strong emotion; peaceful.
  2. noun A state of peace, quiet, or absence of disturbance.
  3. verb To make calm, or to become calm.
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