All 11 Uses of
placid
in
Bleak House
- An exhausted composure, a worn-out placidity, an equanimity of fatigue not to be ruffled by interest or satisfaction, are the trophies of her victory.†
Chpt 1-3 *
- "I was willing enough to be 'made,' as you call it," says Mr. George, smoking not quite so placidly as before, for since the entrance of Judy he has been in some measure disturbed by a fascination, not of the admiring kind, which obliges him to look at her as she stands by her grandfather's chair, "but on the whole, I am glad I wasn't now."†
Chpt 19-21
- I thought of the one family so near us who were neither gone nor going to the left bank of the Niger, and wondered how she could be so placid.†
Chpt 22-24
- "I am always delighted to see Miss Summerson," said Mrs. Jellyby, pursuing her employment with a placid smile.†
Chpt 22-24
- She has been told it often enough; and when she IS told it, she only gives me a placid look, as if I was I don't know what—a steeple in the distance," said Caddy with a sudden idea; "and then she shakes her head and says 'Oh, Caddy, Caddy, what a tease you are!' and goes on with the Borrioboola letters."†
Chpt 28-30
- They suggested one distinct idea to her, for she said with her placid smile, and shaking her head, "My good Miss Summerson, at half the cost, this weak child might have been equipped for Africa!"†
Chpt 28-30
- Happily for both of us, it was not until Charley was safe in bed again and placidly asleep that I began to think the contagion of her illness was upon me.†
Chpt 31-33
- Then I put my hair aside and looked at the reflection in the mirror, encouraged by seeing how placidly it looked at me.†
Chpt 34-36
- "Don't say nothing done, sir," returns the placid Vholes.†
Chpt 37-39
- I felt that I had only to be placid and merry once for all to undeceive my dear and set her loving heart at rest.†
Chpt 49-51
- He is free with his money, affable in his manners, innocent in his conversation—but through the placid stream of his life there glides an under-current of forefinger.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(placid) calm and not easily excited