placidly
/ˈplæsɪdli/PLA-sid-lee
/ˈplæsɪdli/PLA-sid-lee
Meaningin a placid way
Common meaning: calmly
- placto pleaseLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1382 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinplaceō, placuī‘to please’
- Frenchplacide
- Englishplacid‘calm’
- Englishformed in English from placidplacidly‘calmly’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from placid + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), PLACID, p.447 · scan
Roots
- placeō, placuī Latin “to please”
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