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unˈflappable, a. colloq.
[un-1 7 b.]
Not subject to nervous excitement or anxiety; imperturbable.
1958Observer 27 July 11/1 Six months ago even the unflappable Mr. Macmillan had his doubts and sometimes asked in bewilderment what he was doing wrong. 1963Times 27 May 4/5 The Stowe captain looked a neat and unflappable batsman, and his 41 out of 62 was the yard⁓stick of his value to the team. 1973‘B. Mather’ Snowline iv. 47 He was a senior policeman, and as such deemed to be unflappable. 1980L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 34/2 Charm is the Preppy's suit of armor, the facade of unflappable gentility. 1984Listener 20–27 Dec. 48/1 In other economic areas Japan appears equally unflappable, and with reason.
Hence unflappaˈbility; unˈflappably adv.
1959Economist 30 May 823/2 The Prime Minister..has no doubt been reflecting on the virtues of the legend of unflappability. 1965C. Fremlin Jealous One xxi. 169 The confident unflappability of the one who doesn't actually have to make the journey. 1966Guardian 19 Aug. 8/6 An omission unflappably repaired by the BBC's music library. 1971Ibid. 9 Sept. 9/6 Catering apparently unflappably for whole houses full of actors. 1982J. Elliott Country of her Dreams i. 14 Nicholas..had been roped in..as nanny to the British delegation..for his unflappability. |