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douce
adjective
Scottish Englishuk /duːs/ us /duːs/
quiet or calm:
It was a douce Edinburgh suburb, full of elderly ladies and large houses.
An expression of douce thoughtfulness crossed his face.
The restaurant was hidden away behind the douce elegance of the main street.
They retired to a douce town on the coast.
We grew up in a douce little suburb of Glasgow.
I know many douce Scots who have never protested about anything.
The festival was held in the douce setting of a large tent in the castle grounds.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calm and relaxed
(as) cool as a cucumberidiom
at (your) leisureidiom
be at peace with the worldidiom
biddable
calmly
easy-going
equilibrium
fluidly
free-flowing
gaily
peaceably
peacefully
peacefulness
placable
placid
uninhibited
unpressured
unpressurized
unruffled
unshockable
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