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DISPASSIONATELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dispassionately mean?
• DISPASSIONATELY (adverb)
The adverb DISPASSIONATELY has 1 sense:
1. in an impartially dispassionate manner
Familiarity information: DISPASSIONATELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an impartially dispassionate manner
Context example:
although he was looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately
Pertainym:
dispassionate (unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice)
Context examples
He sneered his incredulity of the law's potency in such a region, but he merely iterated, dispassionately, doggedly, "He killed Dutchy and Harkey."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"We've got six dogs," the other reiterated dispassionately.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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