Both Uses
placid
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Unbroken - adapted for young adults
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- Two sharks, about eight feet long, were circling placidly.†
p. 125.1 *placidly = calmly
- The six-mile walk was tiring, but the work, tending potatoes, was easy, and Ogawa was placid.†
p. 202.9placid = calm and not easily excited
Definitions:
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(1)
(placid) calm and not easily excited
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)