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placidly

/plas-id-lee/US // ˈplæs ɪd li //

平静地,静静地,平静地对待,平静的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a calm or peaceful manner; tranquilly: The mural brings to life a world where mammoths still embark on ancient migrations, where giant ground sloths browse placidly, where saber-toothed tigers stalk their prey.
    • : in a way that shows a lack of energy or concern:After playing fairly placidly in the first quarter and ending down three goals, the girls entered the second quarter with stronger, more dynamic play.

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Examples

  • Of course the Lady Regent of the Vale was standing placidly beside the open Moon Door, the wind rustling her robes.

  • She placidly tells people she is dreaming until her frantic father finds her again and loses his temper.

  • Gun smoke lay in placidly moving layers of gray before the light beams.

  • "I wonder where we shall all be six years from now," said Constance, placidly eating her ice.

  • But her flow of small talk, the conversational stop-gap of the woman accustomed to social amenities, went on placidly.

  • The hired man went howling through the woods, and she returned to the house, smiling placidly.

  • Then she glanced up, and caught sight of where I lay, placidly reposing on the mantel-piece with my eyes turned up to the ceiling.