Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not agitated emotionally; calm.
- adjective Not disordered or disturbed physically.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Calm; tranquil; not agitated; not disturbed: as, an unruffled temper.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not ruffled or agitated; smooth; calm; tranquil; quiet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Calm , notruffled ,serene , atpeace ,unbothered .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
- adjective free from emotional agitation or nervous tension
Etymologies
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Examples
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But he went his way in unruffled quiet, and as long as he stood well with the King let the rest go.
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(Of course, it’s easy to remain unruffled when the bypassed book is published by another divison.) I pointed the reviewer to my company’s media contact page for future reference and went about my day.
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(Of course, it’s easy to remain unruffled when the bypassed book is published by another divison.) I pointed the reviewer to my company’s media contact page for future reference and went about my day.
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(Of course, it’s easy to remain unruffled when the bypassed book is published by another divison.) I pointed the reviewer to my company’s media contact page for future reference and went about my day.
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Where McCain went wild and erratic at the height of the financal crisis last month, I suspect that Fred would have out Obamad Obama and remained calm, unruffled - in other words he would have projected leadership.
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Bill Clinton was deemed the best performer by 31 percent-evidence that he had succeeded in staging the kind of unruffled, workmanlike performance he needed.
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"unruffled" by speculation about the father and has no wish to be a role model for single mothers.
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How unruffled he appeared over the contrived "fears" of some.
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Because there is great benefit in seeming to be a big strong nation that is unroiled, unruffled and unbattered by the constant high seas of the world.
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He can continue that way, as if he's unruffled by an Austin interloper who'll do himself in with his mouth or get done in by good oppo.
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