Placid vs Complacently - What's the difference?
placid | complacently |
calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
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In a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 17
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)
, work=The Onion AV Club
As an adjective placid
is serene; calm.As an adverb complacently is
in a complacent manner; overly calm and contented; not troubled.placid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a placid disposition
- a placid lake
Derived terms
* placidness * placiditycomplacently
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=At work Mr. Burns spies Homer munching complacently on a donut and hisses that each donut Homer shoves into his fat face brings him one donut closer to the poisoned donut Mr. Burns has ordered thrown into the mix as a form of culinary Russian Roulette, only to learn from Smithers that the plant’s lawyers ultimately nixed the poisoned donut plan because “they consider it murder.”}}