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placidly
adverb as in evenly
adverb as in quietly
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Little did any of them know it was Miss Penelope Lumley, who sat placidly sewing in her corner, who was the evening’s true victor.
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Miss Mortimer stood placidly in the middle of it all.
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She nodded in the direction of the housekeeper, who stood placidly in a corner.
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Tom looked on placidly, a Latin rhythm capering overhead.
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Ogie, who accepts without question that his legs don’t function, is helped each morning into the tub by one of the brothers, where he placidly exists.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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