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Recent Examples of serenely
Perhaps, but Alonso’s attentive gaze reworks the meaning of excitement such that a banal exchange with the nearby farmhand, and a drive into the nearby village, provide minor thrills — that is, if you’re properly settled onto Alonso’s serenely sluggish wavelength.
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Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 16 May 2026
One of the spaces is serenely accented in all white and features rounded paneling that can open or close depending on the client’s preference for privacy.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place that glides serenely along beneath a beatific sun.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Head to Rin-Tei, a tiny and serenely spare spot at the intersection of Crystal Springs Road and El Camino in San Mateo that oozes zen.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
For nearly four decades, the foundation operated serenely.
—Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Only chief technology officer John Tornow, who pressed Send from mission control, was serenely confident.
—Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
And Robbie, so serenely, perfectly beautiful, is playing a character teeming with self-loathing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Where to stay At sleek, 190-key bunker Setsu Niseko in buzzy Hirafu district, après-ski relaxation means hot spring onsen bathing and the serenely restorative Rikka Spa.
—Danielle Demetriou, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 16 May 2026
One of the spaces is serenely accented in all white and features rounded paneling that can open or close depending on the client’s preference for privacy.
—Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place that glides serenely along beneath a beatific sun.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Head to Rin-Tei, a tiny and serenely spare spot at the intersection of Crystal Springs Road and El Camino in San Mateo that oozes zen.
—Laura Ness, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
For nearly four decades, the foundation operated serenely.
—Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025
Only chief technology officer John Tornow, who pressed Send from mission control, was serenely confident.
—Graydon Carter, Air Mail, 1 Nov. 2025
And Robbie, so serenely, perfectly beautiful, is playing a character teeming with self-loathing.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Where to stay At sleek, 190-key bunker Setsu Niseko in buzzy Hirafu district, après-ski relaxation means hot spring onsen bathing and the serenely restorative Rikka Spa.
—Danielle Demetriou, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for serenely
Adverb
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Name your value, then stand calmly by it.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
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His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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After receiving medication, the preschooler appeared to be sleeping peacefully on his mother's chest.—
Nicky Zizaza,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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The lawyer indicated that people are exercising their right to express opinions and to protest peacefully, rights enshrined in the Cuban constitution.—
Sarah Moreno
June 5,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
Adverb
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Nature is no big deal in Cristian Mungiu‘s superb new drama of systemic order and individual disarray, which takes in the sprawling waters and monochrome mountainscapes of the region with a placidly appreciative eye.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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That sequence also introduces a placidly smiley Kylie Jenner playing herself on seemingly a Valium-Adderall speedball of deluded bounciness.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The bezel round the screen is extremely narrow too, while the rear panel features a flat back and a side structure that coolly creates the impression of being created from a series of separate layers.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Serenely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/serenely. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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