DISPASSIONATELY

dispassionately

(adverb) in an impartially dispassionate manner; “although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

dispassionately (comparative more dispassionately, superlative most dispassionately)

in a dispassionate manner

Source: Wiktionary


DISPASSIONATE

Dis*pas"sion*ate, a.

1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon.

2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a dispassionate view.

Syn.

– Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate; moderate; impartial; unruffled.

– Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly, adv.

– Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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