All 9 Uses of
placid
in
Babbitt
- "Why, Ted dear," Mrs. Babbitt said placidly, "it's not at all nice, your talking of fighting this way!"†
Chpt 6 *placidly = calmly
- It is one big railroad station—with all the people taking tickets for the best cemeteries," Dr. Yavitch said placidly.†
Chpt 7
- She was placid and puffy and mature, where Zilla, at forty-five, was so bleached and tight-corseted that you knew only that she was older than she looked.†
Chpt 10placid = calm and not easily excited
- They solemnly spat, one after the other, into the placid water.†
Chpt 11
- The first evening, he stayed out for poker with the guides, and she said in placid merriment, "My!†
Chpt 11
- McKelvey was being placidly merry now with the great, the manufacturers and bankers, the land-owners and lawyers and surgeons who had chauffeurs and went to Europe.†
Chpt 15placidly = calmly
- As he settled down he tried to look pompous and placid.†
Chpt 20placid = calm and not easily excited
- "Why, George," she said placidly, "I thought you always insisted that all strikers ought to be put in jail."†
Chpt 27placidly = calmly
- In all the activities and triumphs of the Good Citizens' League Babbitt took part, and completely won back to self-respect, placidity, and the affection of his friends.†
Chpt 34placidity = calmness