[
UK
/plˈæsɪdli/
]
[ US /ˈpɫæsɪdɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈpɫæsɪdɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a placid and good-natured manner
I put the questions, and she answered them placidly -
in a quiet and tranquil manner
the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes
How To Use placidly In A Sentence
- Go placidly, amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
- There is no visible sign of rancour at the curious lifestyle imposed on her; she appears placidly resigned to her fate.
- In a chair with a pink slip-over, Rosetta slept placidly.
- The dog looks around placidly, its froggy eyes bulging, its skin hanging around its compact body.
- She stood there placidly as Decemo worked off his rage and indignation, taking it out on the toile. DEATH IN FASHION
- Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe.
- I await them placidly seated, smoking, drinking whisky, watching television.
- I walked placidly toward the center, my bare feet faintly slapping against the firmness of the marble platform.
- During the perusal of this devoir, she sat placidly busy, her eyes and fingers occupied with the formation of a “riviere” or open-work hem round a cambric handkerchief; she said nothing, and her face and forehead, clothed with a mask of purely negative expression, were as blank of comment as her lips. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
- Go placidly, amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
