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placidness

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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

She went on in placidness from hour to hour, ruffled occasionally.

From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett

Indeed, their very placidness was almost cold, animal in its indifference.

From The Mantooth by Christopher Leadem

In her whole attitude there is a sort of gravity and placidness, something of the half-asleep air of a person ruminating.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Alys Hallard