What does “serene certainty” most probably mean?
By dennislv
@dennislv (134)
Shanghai, China
September 21, 2013 8:32pm CST
serene means "peaceful, tranquil", then what sense does it make when collocate with "certainty"?
an untroubled and fixed outcome?
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
22 Sep 13
I would understand it to mean that the person believes in something absolutely and with complete confidence.
"I have a serene certainty that day will follow night."
It is not a common use of the words and would be considered somewhat poetic,
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