Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stolid manner: as, to gaze stolidly at one.
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- adverb In a
stolid manner.
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- adverb in a stolid manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He walked in stolidly and smashed a clublike right to my face.
Boys' Weeklies 1940
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Well, then, "stolidly," perhaps that is the word I meant to use.
The Puppet Crown Harold MacGrath 1901
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A while ago, I was scanning through recent entries on a stolidly prescriptivist grammar blog.
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At fist the cowboy Uncle John had loaned me with the horses protested, then he followed stolidly in the rear, shaking his head, and, I know, muttering over and over that I was pupule.
ON THE MAKALOA MAT 2010
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A while ago, I was scanning through recent entries on a stolidly prescriptivist grammar blog.
An explicit statement of the prescriptivist philosophy « Motivated Grammar 2010
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The film meets her in hopeful anticipation of two events: one, her wedding to her stolidly heroic fiance Stuart; two, the lung transplant that will extend her life beyond the six months that her worsening cystic fibrosis will permit her.
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He occasionally feinted, shook his head when the weight of a punch landed, and moved stolidly about, never leaping or springing or wasting an ounce of strength.
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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Mr. Pike's harsh face carried the faintest shadow of an amused grin as he stolidly regarded the tablecloth.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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Indian and half breed women gazed stolidly at the strange vehicle, while the children and barking dogs clamorously advertised its progress.
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He bore it all stolidly, but he listened to his stomach.
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