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Definition of Phlegmatically
1. Adverb. In a phlegmatic manner. "He accepted the decision phlegmatically"
Partainyms: Phlegmatic
Definition of Phlegmatically
1. adv. In a phlegmatic manner.
Definition of Phlegmatically
1. Adverb. In a manner that is sluggish, without enthusiasm. ¹
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Definition of Phlegmatically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phlegmatically
Literary usage of Phlegmatically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"They took the piece as phlegmatically as did the actors themselves. It was a
phase of cheerfulness which was, as a matter of course, to be passed through ..."
2. Villette by Charlotte Brontë (1853)
"I answered phlegmatically that " I knew it," and went below. A stout, handsome,
and showy woman was in the ladies' cabin ; I asked to be shown my berth ..."
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