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Meanings of placid in English

(Of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves.

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        Not easily irritated.

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              Easygoing.

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                    Usage of placid in English
                    1
                    The winds were gone, and now it was just water, placid water.
                    Zeitoun
                    2
                    The placid surface was vexed; the attempt on its being had hurt.
                    Greener Than You Think
                    3
                    Your summits are clear; the sky and lake are blue and placid.
                    Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus
                    4
                    Tornov thought for a moment while Bazarian raged behind a placid façade.
                    Red inferno: 1945
                    5
                    The principal object of meditation was of course the placid lake itself-
                    Byeways in Palestine
                    6
                    Her mood is never as placid and sane as in the North.
                    Time and Change
                    7
                    And my little placid Musketaquid River looked gayer today in the sun.
                    The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 18...
                    8
                    Two green dots coming towards Phillips's big, placid ship far too quickly.
                    The Guardian
                    9
                    The mist settled down, returned to a state of placid, endless gray.
                    The Child Thief
                    10
                    Hence the placid acceptance of military propaganda and even of vindictive exhortation.
                    Preaching and Paganism
                    11
                    Seeing us, his normally placid expression flickered briefly into panic and surprise.
                    The Wise Man’s Fear
                    12
                    On the broad, placid bosom of the stream the logs would float.
                    The Riverman
                    13
                    Dariat could sense someone inside, a dozing mind, its thought currents placid.
                    The Neutronium Alchemist
                    14
                    I used to be a placid girl; now I am a fidget.
                    Love Me Little, Love Me Long
                    15
                    The lights were twinkling here and there all over the placid bay.
                    Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila
                    16
                    So rang forth the notes of humble thanksgiving across the placid sea.
                    History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the ...
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                    Placid through the time
                    Placid across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
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                    United States of America
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