detachedly

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/dɪˈtæt͡ʃɪdli//dəˈ-/

adverb

In a detached manner.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbdetachedly (comparative more detachedly, superlative most detachedly)

comparative more detachedly · superlative most detachedly

  1. In a detached manner.

    For ten months of the year they figured in her life as mere alien phenomena at which she marvelled detachedly, with easy amusement.

    1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter I, page 230
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    In his second work, “Jérôme Bel,” four naked performers detachedly examine and manipulate their bodies, illuminated by a single light bulb, and eventually urinate onstage.

    2008 February 24, Roslyn Sulcas, “Unless You Have Another Word, Dance Will Do”, in New York Times

Origin

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APA

detachedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detachedly

MLA

“detachedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detachedly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “detachedly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/detachedly.

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