Meaning & use
Placidness
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The quality or state of being calm and untroubled; tranquility.
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The placidness of the lake at dawn made it easy to forget the city's noise.
Her placidness under pressure reassured the rest of the team.
A note on using this word
Though 'placidity' is the more frequently used noun form of 'placid', 'placidness' is an equally valid and long-attested alternative.
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