All 4 Uses of
placid
in
Howards End
- When I saw all the others so placid, and Paul mad with terror in case I said the wrong thing, I felt for a moment that the whole Wilcox family was a fraud, just a wall of newspapers and motor-cars and golf-clubs, and that if it fell I should find nothing behind it but panic and emptiness.†
Part 4placid = calm and not easily excited
- He and Dolly are sitting in deckchairs, and their motor is regarding them placidly from its garage across the lawn.†
Part 21 *placidly = calmly
- A short-frocked edition of Charles also regards them placidly; a perambulator edition is squeaking; a third edition is expected shortly.†
Part 21
- "Why, Dolly!" said Margaret, placidly kissing her.†
Part 32