Positive personality trait
Placid
Peacefully calm and not easily disturbed.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Takes noise, delays and other people's fuss without getting ruffled.
- Stays in much the same mild mood from morning to evening.
- Rarely raises their voice, even when provoked.
Fits when someone's temperament is gently calm and rarely ruffled
Not when you mean passive, unaware, or lacking strong convictions
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it is a literary word, and said of an adult at work it can suggest a lack of drive. It suits a story, or a description of a baby, a child or an animal; at work, "steady" or "even-tempered" says it better.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] is steady and unruffled: through [constant interruptions, a noisy site or a long line], they kept the same patient manner from the first customer to the last.
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Report card comment [Name] has a gentle, settled nature and takes changes to the routine in stride.
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In a story, shown not told Around her the twins were arguing, the kettle was whistling and the phone was ringing. She finished buttering the toast, turned off the kettle, and asked in the same mild voice who wanted jam.
The placid librarian answered the fifth interruption with the same patient tone.
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