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Synonyms for reposeful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ri-pohz-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈpoʊz fəl

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Définition of reposeful

Origin :
  • 1852, "full of repose," from repose (n.) + -ful. Earlier it meant "responsible" (1620s), from repose (v.2).
  • As in calm : adj peaceful, quiet (inanimate)
Example sentences :
  • They were a phlegmatic race, placid, unimaginative, reposeful.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • He had the reposeful self-assurance of a man who is conscious that he is idolized.
  • Extract from : « Bride of the Mistletoe » by James Lane Allen
  • I sank into a kind of reposeful belief in the work of accident.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • Kenneth McVeigh sauntered along the avenue, tall, careless, reposeful.
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan
  • Finland is reposeful; and has a charm about it which is particularly its own.
  • Extract from : « Through Finland in Carts » by Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie
  • Though his eyes were closed he did not present a reposeful aspect.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge
  • Just one reposeful face—as both trains halted a second or two.
  • Extract from : « Red Fleece » by Will Levington Comfort
  • This position must be light, active, buoyant, and reposeful.
  • Extract from : « Expressive Voice Culture » by Jessie Eldridge Southwick
  • The reposeful Glen View is needed for the people who barter there.
  • Extract from : « The Happy Golfer » by Henry Leach
  • And the atmosphere they created was reposeful and agreeable.
  • Extract from : « A Master Hand » by Richard Dallas

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