placidly

1. 1.

   in a quiet and tranquil manner

   “the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes”
2. 2.

   in a placid and good-natured manner

   “I put the questions, and she answered them placidly”

Questions about placidly

What does placidly mean?

placidly means "in a quiet and tranquil manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in placidly?

placidly has 3 syllables: plac-id-ly. The stress falls on "plac". In IPA it is /ˈplæsɪdli/.

Is placidly a common word?

placidly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.