- a variation of placidity.
placidness
Example Sentences
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At 16, Hamer left home, and over the course of the next 18 months, walked across Britain, honing the skills that make him a superlative mole catcher — invisibility and placidness.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2019
The relative placidness of inbounds skiing is no match for the greater adventure of untamed terrain.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2012
To expand the human face to its full perfection, it seems necessary that the mind should co-operate by placidness of content, or consciousness of superiority.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson
For some subtle reason the expression of extreme placidness on Ingeborg's face as she lay silently watching the tree-tops and planning what she would do with her baby annoyed the Baroness.
From The Pastor's Wife by Elizabeth von Arnim
On the forward deck, at the foot of the mast, sat a young man in a state of placidness.
From The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories by Frank Richard Stockton
