rippleless

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So far, too, from any el'g'ble subject arrivin' in the usual way, the town never experiences sech a period of rippleless an' onruffled peace.

From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert

I have had the same feelings in church when the sermon ran rippleless and even over my head.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

In his white, still, rippleless way, Senator Hanway hated in his soul's soul the name of Governor Obstinate.

From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry

Then the full reddish disk stood upon a strong copper pillar, smooth and flawless in a rippleless lake, and that became denuded of its capital as the ball rose over it into the sky.

From The Cursed Patois From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

A few minutes past the deck glistened in the sun as each rollicking billow sent its herald over the bows, and here the surface of the river is almost rippleless.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)