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unatmoˈspheric, a. [un-1 7.] That conveys no suggestion of tone or mood; that fails to evoke associations. Hence unatmoˈspherically adv.
1913E. F. Benson Thorley Weir iii. 68 Arthur..found this peremptory young savage slightly alarming. For himself he demanded that social intercourse should be conducted in a serene atmosphere of politeness, of manners... He thought he had seldom seen anybody so unatmospheric. Ibid. 69 Frank looked at him quite unatmospherically. 1938Scrutiny VII. 179 His [sc. Roussel's] instrumentation is unatmospheric. 1963Listener 28 Feb. 393/2 A couple of very stagy and unatmospheric outdoor sets. 1976Gramophone Oct. 584/2 The ‘Royal Hunt and Storm’ begins unatmospherically, with the strings at once forceful and casual, carrying none of the sense of light slowly dawning on a classical landscape. |