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placidity
noun as in calm
noun as in stillness
Example Sentences
I had been struck by the placidity of Courtney’s life in the public eye.
She lets the camera drink in the differences between their big-city home environs and the placidity of their woody, lakeside getaway.
Kemp’s contrasting placidity conceals an urgency even though he has led Abrams by about five percentage points all year, which Monday’s debate probably did not alter.
The stylistic placidity draws attention to the disturbance of Hildy’s alcoholism, the way her drinking interrupts even the film’s genre.
What might have been striking about Saturday was its placidity, especially in a month not famed for meteorological serenity.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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