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CALMLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With self-possession (especially in times of stress)
Example:
he spoke calmly to the rioting students
Classified under:
Pertainym:
calm (not agitated; without losing self-possession)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a sedate manner
Synonyms:
calmly; sedately
Classified under:
Context examples:
“Now, let us calmly define our position, Watson,” he continued as we skirted the cliffs together.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Elinor, smiling at the grave and decisive importance of her brother's tone, calmly replied, The lady, I suppose, has no choice in the affair.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Forcing herself to speak, therefore, in the hope of putting it by, she calmly said, “You are quite in the right; it was most natural to pay your visit, then”.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The two who were on either side of Alleyne bent their bows as calmly as though they were shooting at the popinjay at the village fair.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“I rather fancy,” said my uncle, calmly, “that this must be my man.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And the captain looked at him calmly and proceeded to fill a pipe.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
“Your best friend upon such an occasion,” said Miss Bertram calmly, “would be Mr. Repton, I imagine.”
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
She died calmly, and her countenance expressed affection even in death.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He continued at the window; and after calmly and politely saying, "I hope the little boy is better," was silent.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
This suggests that if you had a challenge (or will have one in early February), you can find your way out of the briar patch by calmly talking things through.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
