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

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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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