Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an impassive manner; without sensibility to pain or suffering; without sign of feeling or sensibility.
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- adverb In an
impassive manner.
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- adverb in an impassive manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I don't know anything," impassively; "unless it is that I wouldn't be in your shoes if I got a dollar for every cent you've made out of this cursed business."
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It's been a great year-long event that has encouraged taking a role in worship so you're not just receiving God's word impassively, "Clavette said.
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It stared at me impassively, and then pulled back the hood of the cloak to reveal azure scaled skin and cat-slit eyes.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The president sought to woo Republicans in his speech, noting that 50 House Republicans have proposed the same payroll tax cut for small businesses, and citing a bridge in need of repair between Kentucky and Ohio — home to McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner, who sat impassively behind him.
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Robert watched me impassively, mockingly waving one hand in a warped form of misplaced gallantry as we mounted the stairs to my apartment.
Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011
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The baby who watches impassively as his mother leaves the room and barely acknowledges her return might well turn out to be the man who has difficulty creating intimacy with a lover, who has trouble forming a long-term attachment, and who avoids the kinds of closeness so important to long-lasting love.
Red Flags or Red Herrings? Susan Engel 2011
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The president sought to woo Republicans in his speech, noting that 50 House Republicans have proposed the same payroll tax cut for small businesses, and citing a bridge in need of repair between Kentucky and Ohio — home to McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner, who sat impassively behind him.
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The class sat there impassively when the professor said I had done the Grammy Awards, Emmy Awards, commercials, lots of prestigious things.
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The president sought to woo Republicans in his speech, noting that 50 House Republicans have proposed the same payroll tax cut for small businesses, and citing a bridge in need of repair between Kentucky and Ohio — home to McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner, who sat impassively behind him.
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During the nearly ten minutes it took her to get through the story, Parker listened impassively, trying not to betray his anger and concern at this unwelcome news.
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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