Definition of Placidly

1. Adverb. In a quiet and tranquil manner. "The sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes"

Partainyms: Placid

2. Adverb. In a placid and good-natured manner. "I put the questions, and she answered them placidly"
Partainyms: Placid

Definition of Placidly

1. adv. In a placid manner.

Definition of Placidly

1. Adverb. In a placid manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Placidly

1. placid [adv] - See also: placid

Medical Definition of Placidly

1. In a placid manner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Placidly

placepots
placer
placer miner
placer mining
placers
places
placeseeker
placeshifting
placet
placets
placid
placider
placidest
placidities
placidity
placidly (current term)
placidness
placidnesses
placified
placifies
placify
placifying
placing
placings
placit
placita
placitory
placits
placitum
plack

Literary usage of Placidly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"... but some Gentlemen of the Council met together upon an extraordinary occasion, which Mr. Tailer took up with, placidly; After a pretty deal of Talk, ..."

2. Letters of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1894)
"... the indefatigably patient, placidly invincible and victorious Spedding. Adieu, dear F. I wish you a right quiet and healthy winter, and beg to be kept ..."

3. Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff by Marie Bashkirtseff, Arthur D. Hall (1913)
"She went off like a bomb, saying all sorts of uncivil things, to all of which I answered placidly, provoking her the more. " It is the last lesson I give ..."

4. Quentin Durward by Walter Scott (1823)
"... and, faint and vague as was the hope which this insinuation conveyed, the tears of the Countess Isabelle flowed more placidly while she dwelt upon it. ..."

5. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1855)
"And, as for Owen \Varland, he looked placidly at what seemed the ruin of his life's labour, and •A-hich was yet no ruin. He had caught a fnr other tntt-. ..."

6. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1882)
"... but some Gentlemen of the Council met together upon an extraordinary occasion, which Mr. Tailer took up with, placidly; After a pretty deal of Talk, ..."

7. Letters of Edward FitzGerald by Edward FitzGerald (1894)
"... the indefatigably patient, placidly invincible and victorious Spedding. Adieu, dear F. I wish you a right quiet and healthy winter, and beg to be kept ..."

8. Journal of Marie Bashkirtseff by Marie Bashkirtseff, Arthur D. Hall (1913)
"She went off like a bomb, saying all sorts of uncivil things, to all of which I answered placidly, provoking her the more. " It is the last lesson I give ..."

9. Quentin Durward by Walter Scott (1823)
"... and, faint and vague as was the hope which this insinuation conveyed, the tears of the Countess Isabelle flowed more placidly while she dwelt upon it. ..."

10. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1855)
"And, as for Owen \Varland, he looked placidly at what seemed the ruin of his life's labour, and •A-hich was yet no ruin. He had caught a fnr other tntt-. ..."

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