All 12 Uses of
placid
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- It apparently succeeded in that, for echoing the laugh, he rejoined placidly— "La, m'dear!†
Chpt 6placidly = calmly
- ...As for me, sir, I never fight duels," he added, as he placidly sat down and stretched his long, lazy legs out before him.†
Chpt 6
- She laughed a mocking little laugh, which, however, did not in the least disturb her husband's placid equanimity.†
Chpt 6 *placid = calm and not easily excited
- "Three minutes in the privacy of this box are quite sufficient for me," he rejoined placidly, "and I think that you will be wise to listen to me, Citoyenne St. Just."†
Chpt 10placidly = calmly
- "Well, citoyenne?" he rejoined placidly.†
Chpt 10
- "Ah, Monsieur Chauvelin," added Marguerite, looking almost with defiance across at the placid, sphinx-like face of the Frenchman, "His Royal Highness should add that we ladies think of him as of a hero of old ... we worship him ...we wear his badge ...we tremble for him when he is in danger, and exult with him in the hour of his victory."†
Chpt 11placid = calm and not easily excited
- Chauvelin did no more than bow placidly both to the Prince and to Marguerite; he felt that both speeches were intended—each in their way—to convey contempt or defiance.†
Chpt 11placidly = calmly
- "Then I have plenty of time," he said placidly.†
Chpt 14
- Chauvelin looked at him as he lay there, placid, unconscious, at peace with all the world and himself, after the best of suppers, and a smile, that was almost one of pity, softened for a moment the hard lines of the Frenchman's face and the sarcastic twinkle of his pale eyes.†
Chpt 14placid = calm and not easily excited
- "Nay, Madame," he rejoined placidly, "but 'tis on the other foot the shoe happens to be, and I'll warrant you'll find the midnight air more poetic without my company: no doubt the sooner I remove the obstruction the better your ladyship will like it."†
Chpt 16placidly = calmly
- I should have known you anywhere," continued Sir Percy, placidly, as he poured himself out another glass of wine, "although the wig and hat have changed you a bit."†
Chpt 25
- "Not very far, your Honour," was the uniform placid reply.†
Chpt 27placid = calm and not easily excited
Definitions:
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(1)
(placid) calm and not easily excited
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)