placidity
noun
a calm or peaceful quality; tranquility; serenity.
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
The conversation of these innocent and guileless lovers was, as it were, in unison with the placidness of the evening.
From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by William Godwin
She went on in placidness from hour to hour, ruffled occasionally.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
