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Definition of Placidly
1. Adverb. In a quiet and tranquil manner. "The sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes"
2. Adverb. In a placid and good-natured manner. "I put the questions, and she answered them placidly"
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
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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