dispassionately

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adverb

In a dispassionate manner.

UncommonScrabble 21

Meanings

adverbdispassionately (comparative more dispassionately, superlative most dispassionately)

comparative more dispassionately · superlative most dispassionately

  1. In a dispassionate manner.

    'I don't think that there is anything more to detain us here,' remarked the strategist dispassionately. 'We may as well await our friend outside.'

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
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    On November 18, 2011, the officer dispassionately pepper-sprayed a line of several nonviolent protesters sitting on the ground at the university, who flinched and covered their faces but remained passive with their arms interlocked, as onlookers shrieked and screamed out for the officer to stop.

    2013 October 24, Crimesider Staff, “John Pike, Calif. officer who pepper-sprayed student protesters, awarded $38,000”, in CBS News

    He describes the untenable position of the railways' finances reasonably dispassionately. From 1952 onwards, British Railways ran an operational deficit, and in 1961 made an annual loss of £86.9 million.

    2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Finnish kiihkottomasti, intohimottomasti
  • kiihkottomastiin a dispassionate manner
  • intohimottomastiin a dispassionate manner
Hungarian szenvtelenül
  • szenvtelenülin a dispassionate manner
Italian spassionatamente
  • spassionatamentein a dispassionate manner
Polish beznamiętnie
  • beznamiętniein a dispassionate manner
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APA

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Chicago

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