Synonyms for impassively
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : im-pas-iv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpæs ɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for impassively
Définition of impassively
Origin :- 1660s, "not feeling pain," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + passive. Meaning "void of emotions" is from 1690s. Related: Impassively; impassiveness (1640s).
- As in patiently : adv suffering without complaint
- The beady eyes vanished and reappeared, and they considered me impassively.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- "The debt has been paid, Citoyenne," said Caron impassively.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- "You couldn't go through with it," observed the big Martian impassively.
- Extract from : « The Space Rover » by Edwin K. Sloat
- "Wish you'd tell my chief that," answers the man, impassively.
- Extract from : « A War-Time Wooing » by Charles King
- The archers waved their caps and cheered, but the crowd looked on impassively.
- Extract from : « The Reign of Mary Tudor » by W. Llewelyn Williams.
- The two nieces looked on impassively, standing side by side.
- Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
- She drew as potently, and to all appearances as impassively, as a loadstone.
- Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
- Seldom, he thought, while their gaze rested on him impassively, would they soften.
- Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn
- Within, the editor worked on as steadily and impassively as Fate.
- Extract from : « Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- But she had moved slightly away from him and was now regarding him impassively.
- Extract from : « The Secret Witness » by George Gibbs
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