All 7 Uses of
placid
in
Main Street
- The river road led past rocky field slopes, deep glens, woods flamboyant now with September, to Mendota, white walls and a spire among trees beneath a hill, old-world in its placid ease.†
Chpt 2
- Or placid chateaux ringed with sullen huts?†
Chpt 3 *
- It was warm and placid.†
Chpt 5
- She asked for friendliness by crying to Mrs. McGanum, "How is the baby's throat now?" and she was attentive while Mrs. McGanum rocked and knitted and placidly described symptoms.†
Chpt 7
- She became placid, and thought well of her philosophy.†
Chpt 9
- You're so strong and placid."†
Chpt 25
- Across the track was a pasture of dwarf clover and sparse lawn cut by earthy cow-paths; beyond its placid narrow green, the rough immensity of new stubble, jagged with wheat-stacks like huge pineapples.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(placid) calm and not easily excited