dispassionately

adverb

Definition of dispassionatelynext
as in calmly

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Recent Examples of dispassionately Moody’s exists to price risk dispassionately for bond investors, not to editorialize about fairness. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 July 2026 Meanwhile, the best general managers approach moves dispassionately with a franchise’s long-term outlook balanced against the win-now crowd. — Scott Turick, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026 The transaction layer may become more dispassionately logical, but the relationship layer still belongs to people. — Atul Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Arendt and Lippmann proposed creating spaces where judges and journalists could evaluate evidence dispassionately and reach reliable conclusions about truth. — Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026 In one scene, he is seen dispassionately watching his own films. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026 Instead, endeavor to stand back, look at the list dispassionately, and judge which three events honestly were the biggest of the year in your judgment. — Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025 Dwight sets the logs ablaze, watching dispassionately as Dunmire burns to a crisp. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025 Where rookie pilots panicked in battle, Gabreski functioned like a robot, dispassionately following the instructions laid out in his military flight manuals. — Angus Fletcher, Big Think, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispassionately
  1. calmly
  2. impassively
  3. casually
  4. indifferently
  5. stoically
  6. lightly
  7. nonchalantly
  8. blithely
Adverb
  • In the episode when the Duffys visit Harvard, Paloma’s older sister Evita calmly notes that she herself was canceled for her beliefs while attending University of Chicago.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Trump’s top trade official more calmly downplayed the dispute.
    — Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of calmly
Adverb
  • The bare, symmetrical peak rises impassively over the entire landscape.
    — Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026
  • The film begins with a montage of young Roma women, each shot as though for a studio portrait, impassively absorbing an offscreen voice lecturing them about family planning.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 11 July 2026
Definition of impassively
Adverb
  • König suggests strength training and reformer Pilates before casually adjusting my slightly uneven hips with chiropractic confidence.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Neece is calmly and casually kind, like a faithful bloodhound without jowls.
    — Emma Madden, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • His point was that, much like the sun or rain or death, the laws of nature fell indifferently on everyone, regardless of their wealth or status.
    — Teresa M. Bejan, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
  • Not the typical tacky amusement park with cigarette-smoking carnies indifferently pulling the levers on rides battered from being hauled from place to place.
    — Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of indifferently
Adverb
  • Turner sat stoically as the unanimous verdict was read in court.
    — Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But Burke did not look over at the victim’s parents, who sat stoically in the courtroom in the row right in front of me.
    — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 22 July 2026
Definition of stoically
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  • Cook gently for 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the garlic is soft and lightly golden.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • An earthquake early Sunday rattled eastern Japan, including the Tokyo area, injuring more than 30 people, most of them lightly, officials said.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of lightly
Adverb
  • In the video, the popular streamers Maya Higa and FaZe Adapt sit together on a log, chatting nonchalantly as a massive grizzly bear lumbers toward them.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Couples stroll nonchalantly around the fountain, seemingly without a care in the world.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonchalantly
Adverb
  • In Ketticè’s time frame, all the kids are still blithely using Facebook to message each other, update their status and bully one another, the platform having not yet become the domain of the old, cranky and terminally uncool.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
  • To represent so many things to so many people might seem shallow, if not blithely opportunistic.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of blithely

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“Dispassionately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispassionately. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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