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placidly, adv.|ˈplæsɪdlɪ| [f. placid + -ly2.] In a placid manner; mildly, calmly, quietly; peacefully, without agitation.
1626Jackson Creed viii. xxix. §11 Hee..sweetly and placidly resigned up his soule into his Father's hands. 1695Woodward Nat. Hist. Earth iii. i. (1723) 145 It placidly distends the Tubes and Vessels of Vegetables. 1786tr. Beckford's Vathek (1883) 125 How placidly doth he recline his lovely little head! 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon I. 24 The two friends are placidly smoking their cigars by the open window. |