All 7 Uses of
placid
in
The Fountainhead
- "Francon hell," said the boy placidly.†
Chpt 1.3
- She let the pencil fall, and threw an arm over the back of her chair, half turning to him, watching him placidly.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- "Yes, I think so," she answered placidly.†
Chpt 3.3
- "Well, he did it with The Gallant Gallstone," said Lois Cook placidly, "and a worse piece of trash never was put down on paper.†
Chpt 3.6
- Not a placid joy.†
Chpt 4.2
- Her pale eyes stared placidly out of her pale face.†
Chpt 4.6
- The streets were still light when he came backāthe placid brown haze of summer, as if dulled sunrays remained stretched too comfortably on the warm air to undertake a movement of withdrawal, even though the sun had long since gone; it made the sky look fresh and the street dirty; there were patches of brown and tired orange in the corners of old buildings.†
Chpt 4.15
Definition:
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(placid) calm and not easily excited