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# placidly

adverb (placidly)

«placidly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a calm, peaceful way, without getting excited or upset. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, animals graze placidly or a river flows placidly. It tells the reader all is calm.

### Examples

- The cows grazed placidly in the meadow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x1)
- The river flowed placidly past the Rat's house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x2)
- She smiled placidly at the fuss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x3)
- The cat sat placidly in the window. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x4)
- The old horse stood placidly by the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x5)
- The baby slept placidly through the noise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x6)
- For long he muttered to himself, staring at Smee, who was hemming placidly, under the conviction that all children feared him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/#x7)

### Note

From «placid». Opposite: wildly, angrily.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «placidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/placidly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«placidly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/placidly.html) on Mova free.