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serenest

serenest is the superlative form of serene.

Meaning of serene

Adjective

serene (comparative more serene or serener, superlative most serene or serenest)

  1. Calm, peaceful, unruffled.
    • She looked at her students with joviality and a serene mentality.
  2. Without worry or anxiety; unaffected by disturbance.
    • I took train and reached Wichita, where my active partner was awaiting me. He had just returned from the Medicine River, and reported everything serene.1908, Andy Adams, Reed Anthony, Cowman
  3. (archaic) Fair and unclouded (as of the sky); clear; unobscured.
    • Now ſleeping flocks on their ſoft fleeces lie, / The moon, ſerene in glory, mounts the sky, […]1717, Alexander Pope, “Winter. The Fourth Pastoral. […]”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], →OCLC, page 30
  4. Used as part of certain titles, originally to indicate sovereignty or independence.
    • Her Serene Highness

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Questions about serenest

What is serenest the superlative form of?
Serenest is the superlative form of serene.

Words near serenest in the dictionary

  1. sereneness
  2. serenenesses
  3. serener
  4. serenes
  5. sereness
  6. serenest
  7. Serengeti
  8. Serengeti cat
  9. Serengeti cats
  10. serenified
  11. serenifies

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