Based on the context of this excerpt from w. w. jacobs's "the monkey's paw," what does the word placidly mean?
without the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of laburnam villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly, father
and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and
unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white haired old lady knitting placidly, by the fire.
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completing a task in a frantic manner
having a particular motive for an action
appearing to be calm and relaxed
acting harshly or stubbornly
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