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Grammar : Adv
Spell : kuh-lek-tid
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈlɛk tɪd



Definition of collectedly

Origin :
  • early 15c. (transitive), from Old French collecter "to collect" (late 14c.), from Latin collectus, past participle of colligere "gather together," from com- "together" (see com-) + legere "to gather" (see lecture (n.)). The intransitive sense is attested from 1794. Related: Collected; collecting. As an adjective meaning "paid by the recipient" it is attested from 1893, originally with reference to telegrams.
  • As in calmly : adv quietly
  • As in soberly : adv moderately
Example sentences :
  • All this, and much more of the same kind, he told simply and collectedly.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • "I think there's a boat at eleven something," she said, collectedly.
  • Extract from : « Sisters » by Kathleen Norris
  • He could not close an eye: he could not think,—at least collectedly.
  • Extract from : « Lord Montagu's Page » by G. P. R. James
  • For when Challis spoke again, it was quite quietly and collectedly.
  • Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan
  • “Go on with the Sienese masters, Gerald,” she bade him, collectedly.
  • Extract from : « Aurora the Magnificent » by Gertrude Hall
  • He spoke more clearly and collectedly than I had heard him speak yet.
  • Extract from : « The Legacy of Cain » by Wilkie Collins
  • He washed panful after panful, slowly, carefully, collectedly.
  • Extract from : « Overland Red » by Henry Herbert Knibbs
  • "I'm ever so much obliged to you," said Barbara, collectedly.
  • Extract from : « We Girls: A Home Story » by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
  • I asked, as collectedly as I could, where Mr Richards lodged.
  • Extract from : « The Haunters & The Haunted » by Various
  • They fight their battles as coolly and collectedly as ever battles were fought on paper.
  • Extract from : « War of the Classes » by Jack London

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