calm
adjective /kɑːm/Definition
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B1 peaceful, quiet, and without worry: He has a very calm manner. Now keep calm everyone, the police are on their way.Calm and relaxed › without hurried movement or noise: After a night of fighting, the streets are now calm.Calm and relaxed B1 describes weather when there is no wind, or the sea or a lake when it is still and has no wavesDescribing good weather calmly /ˈkɑːm.li/ adverb B2 in a quiet or relaxed way: She reacted surprisingly calmly to the news of his death.Calm and relaxed calmness /ˈkɑːm.nəs/ noun [U]
(Definition of calm adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (as) cool as a cucumber idiom
- at (your) leisure idiom
- be at peace with the world idiom
- carefree adjective
- careless adjective (NO WORRY)
- comfortably adverb
- easy adjective (COMFORTABLE)
- easy come, easy go idiom
- easy-going adjective
- equilibrium noun
- free-flowing adjective
- harmonious adjective (PLEASANT)
- nerveless adjective
- phlegm noun (CALMNESS)
- placid adjective
- poised adjective (CONTROLLED)
- quiescent adjective
- relaxed adjective
- sedate adjective
- zen adjective
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Calm and relaxed
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