placid
adjective
uk
/ˈplæs.ɪd/ us
/ˈplæs.ɪd/Meaning of placid in English
(Definition of placid from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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placid
adjective
us
/ˈplæs·ɪd/Examples of placid
placid
In the foreground a placid young woman observes the unfolding battle while tending a crying newborn.
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Where practical, they used built-in furniture to secure the visual tranquillity that reflected their placid way of life.
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He weaves these events skilfully, even lyrically, into a rich and placid folk narrative, where sensuous imagery and strategically placed folksayings accompany the most brutal acts.
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Most studies of retirement communities focus exclusively on samples of residents as the sole research unit, often erroneously portraying them as enjoying a largely placid leisure lifestyle.
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Kamal's petition also demonstrates that underlying the placid plea he made, he was conscious of the impropriety, and thought it judicious to draw the state's attention.
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We move now from the stormy seas of politics to the placid but pedantic backwater of legal phraseology.
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He caused the normally respectable and placid members of the teaching profession to resort to direct action.
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A normally placid section of the community has been roused to protest.
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The debate has been placid so far, and there is no reason why it should not continue so.
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One would think that the placid atmosphere all around us was such that we should not have any emergency laws in any shape or form.
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I happen to be of a rather placid and extremely lazy disposition.
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This afternoon we have had a debate which has been most placid and has proceeded at an even tenor.
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I do not want to disturb the quiet, not to say placid, atmosphere this morning, and will therefore say hardly anything.
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He will be rather placid and listen to an important, interesting debate on the state of the economy.
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If we read the newspapers we can see that there is a volume of criticism of a very gentle, placid type.
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sakin, uysal, halim selim…
placide, calme…
落（お）ちついた…
rustig…
klidný, mírný…
fredsommelig…
tenang…
สงบนิ่ง…
điềm tĩnh…
opanowany, pogodny…
lugn, mild, blid…
tenang…
ruhig…
rolig, fredfull, stillferdig…
спокійний, безтурботний…
спокойный, безмятежный…
