reposeful

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His face was pale and reposeful, and there was a keen, quiet sparkle in his cool, sky-blue eyes The early evening sky was growing bluer--a blue reposefulness was pouring itself out upon the earth and extinguishing the ruby-coloured flames of the sunset.

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  1. adjective Marked by, conducive to, or expressing repose.

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  • Many a night it is a question of getting Edison to bed, for he would much rather probe a problem than eat or sleep; but at whatever hour the visitor retires or gets up, he is sure to find the master of the house on hand, serene and reposeful, and just as brisk at dawn as when he allowed the conversation to break up at midnight. —  Edison, His Life and Inventions
  • He could imagine that she had been brought up on such maxims as, “Self-control is the essence of good breeding,” and “A gentle-woman is never in a hurry.” He found her reposeful, and very steadying to the nerves. —  Through the Wall - Miss Silver - 1950 - Wentworth, Patricia
  • It was very reposeful (when one felt one could get away for a little while), but I think the absolute calm and monotony would pall upon one, and the “Call of the World”—the struggling, living, joyous world outside the walls—would be an irresistible temptation. —  My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
  • And there was our own true Bessy,—a Newfoundland, great and good,—discreet, reposeful, dignified, fastidious, not to be cajoled into confidences and familiarities with strange dogs, whether official or professional. —  THE ENGLISH GOVERNESS AT THE SIAMESE COURT
  • But man knoweth not of his approach; he heareth not his stealthy steps Yesterday may have been balmy and reposeful, with only a few breezes from the summer South Land. —  Winter Adventures of Three Boys
 

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/rəˈpoʊzfəl/
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