Literary notes about unruffled (AI summary)
The term "unruffled" is artfully employed to depict both serene natural settings and composed human demeanors. Authors use it to describe landscapes—such as a smooth, mirror-like body of water that remains undisturbed by any ripples [1][2][3]—as well as characters who display an inner calm, maintaining a measured and steady presence even under adversity [4][5][6]. In these uses, the word not only creates vivid imagery of tranquil scenes in nature but also conveys the idea of emotional resilience and poise, enhancing the overall mood and tone of the narrative [7][8].
- Half an acre of smooth water wholly unruffled is just ahead.
— from Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake - Then, with a stroke or two of the paddles, the canoe shot out of the little cove on to the unruffled surface of Mirror Lake.
— from Jack the Young Canoeman: An Eastern Boy's Voyage in a Chinook Canoe by George Bird Grinnell - It was a small, beautiful sheet of water, its glistening surface unruffled by a single ripple, and I stood a long time gazing upon its placid bosom.
— from Bill Biddon, Trapper; or, Life in the Northwest by Edward Sylvester Ellis - It was easy to preserve an unruffled demeanour before his friend, but he was far from being as calm as he appeared.
— from Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy by David Dwight Wells - Epaphroditus persisted, the leg was broken, and Epictetus, with unruffled serenity, only said, “Did I not tell you that you would break my leg?”
— from The Teaching of Epictetus Being the 'Encheiridion of Epictetus,' with Selections from the 'Dissertations' and 'Fragments' by Epictetus - [The two look at one another, Frank unruffled, Praed deeply indignant].
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw - They seemed to be staring at him with perfectly unruffled attention.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The accepted lover looked Miss Milbrey over with rather a complacent air—with the unruffled confidence of assured possession.
— from The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
