Placidly

Examples

• And she gets on so placidly. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• As Louisa feigned to rouse herself, and sat up, Sissy retired, so that she stood placidly near the bedside. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mr. March strolled placidly about, quoting Tusser, Cowley, and Columella to Mr. Laurence, while enjoying. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• All others sleep placidly and keep no watch. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I've swallered several; and one had a tolerable quill, said Sam placidly from the corner. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He lay for some seconds looking placidly at his old prison companion, and then, all at once, with a cry of surprise and alarm, sprang out of bed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I found her placidly fanning herself in her dressing-gown at eleven o'clock. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And Mr. Pickwick smiled placidly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He sat placidly perusing the newspaper, with his little head on one side, and a glass of warm sherry negus at his elbow. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• She could not keep in the medium, nor be, as was usual with her, placidly content. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• My aunt sat at the window; placidly fanning herself as usual. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The young man was sincerely but placidly in love. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Mrs. Vesey crossed her dimpled hands on the edge of the table, smiled placidly, and said, Yes, dear. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Without moving eye or finger, Mr Boffin gave another nod, and placidly repeated, 'Quite so, Venus. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am surrounded, as I have observed,' said Mr Venus, placidly, 'by the trophies of my art. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Then I put my hair aside and looked at the reflection in the mirror, encouraged by seeing how placidly it looked at me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Edited by Daniel