imperturbably
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From imperturbable + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]imperturbably (comparative more imperturbably, superlative most imperturbably)
- In an imperturbable manner; calmly.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201:
- ‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.
References
[edit]- “imperturbably”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “imperturbably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.