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calmly

[ kahm-lee, kahlm- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

without excitement, agitation, or passion:
He kept his cool throughout, calmly challenging his opponents on alleged facts he believed were wrong.
(of wind, waves, etc.) with relatively little force or movement; gently:
The wind blew calmly as the three of us lay on the beach, lazily passing the time.

Origin of calmly¹

At a press conference Thursday evening, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio addressed the situation calmly.

He calmly offered his vision of an ideology that merges libertarian values with social conservative virtue.

But let me try to make the point more calmly and persuasively.

Thousands walked in the streets calmly singing German folksongs.

That it would sit there and bob calmly like a sailboat on a millpond-calm sea?

She kept her eyes fixed steadily on his, saying what followed gently, calmly, yet as though another woman spoke the words.

But that she could calmly tell him about it, that she could deliberately describe this effect upon her of another man—!

"It will go through, if I live," calmly replied Harry, as he carefully concealed the message in the lining of his coat.

Only at moments was he aware of this—a kind of higher Self, detached from shifting moods, looked on calmly and took note.

Alone the supreme Self in him looked calmly on, seeming to lessen the part that trembled and knew fear.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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