CALMLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calmly mean? 

• CALMLY (adverb)
  The adverb CALMLY has 2 senses:

1. with self-possession (especially in times of stress)

2. in a sedate manner

  Familiarity information: CALMLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALMLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With self-possession (especially in times of stress)

Context example:

he spoke calmly to the rioting students

Pertainym:

calm (not agitated; without losing self-possession)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a sedate manner

Synonyms:

calmly; sedately

 Context examples 

He answered emphatically but calmly—A female curate, who is not my wife, would never suit me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

An idea came to him, which he calmly considered.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then he turned to me and said calmly:—She is dying. It will not be long now.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Lotty, with Teutonic phlegm, was calmly eating bread and currant wine, for the jelly was still in a hopelessly liquid state, while Mrs. Brooke, with her apron over her head, sat sobbing dismally.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“You speak so calmly—” she began.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Fully a score he could count, staring hungrily at him or calmly sleeping in the snow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Dick knows it,” said my aunt, laying her hand calmly on my shoulder.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

‘I would go,’ said she, trying hard, as it seemed to me, to speak calmly; ‘I would go.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He waited calmly till the uproar died down.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"There is nothing to be done," said the little woman calmly.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)