Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
impassively — adv. Impassively is used with these verbs: ↑look, ↑stare, ↑watch … Collocations dictionary
impassively — impassive ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not feeling or showing emotion. DERIVATIVES impassively adverb impassiveness noun impassivity noun … English terms dictionary
impassively — adverb in an impassive manner he submitted impassively to his arrest • Derived from adjective: ↑impassive … Useful english dictionary
impassively — adverb see impassive … New Collegiate Dictionary
impassively — See impassive. * * * … Universalium
impassively — adverb In an impassive manner … Wiktionary
impassively — adv. apathetically, unemotionally, undemonstratively; calmly; without sensitivity to pain … English contemporary dictionary
impassively — im·passively … English syllables
impassively — See: impassive … English dictionary
impassive — impassively, adv. impassiveness, impassivity /im pa siv i tee/, n. /im pas iv/, adj. 1. without emotion; apathetic; unmoved. 2. calm; serene. 3. unconscious; insensible. 4. not subject to suffering. [1660 70; IM 2 + PASSIVE … Universalium
