phlegmaticallyadv.
/flɛɡˈmatᵻkli/, U.S. /flɛɡˈmædək(ə)li/ In a phlegmatic manner; stolidly.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adverb]
unlustilyc1390
supinely1605
supine1615
lethargically1633
unlustly1649
phlegmatically1673
phlegmaticly1673
listlessly1693
davielya1796
sloomy1820
torpidly1820
moonily1887
mooningly1893
the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adverb] > in phlegmatic manner
spiritlessly1669
phlegmatically1673
phlegmaticly1673
torpidly1820
soggily1939
1673 Bp. S. Parker Reproof Rehearsal Transprosed 244 One would have expected some handsome mirth and raillery upon so pleasant a Theme, but you have emproved it so Clownishly and so phlegmatically.
1760 H. Butler Mayor of Wigan 3 Save when, phlegmatically dull, some fool, the hireling of a fool, Enlarges crack of cracked skull.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. iv. 362 The most phlegmatically impudent of the whole school.
1870 Daily News 5 Oct. 6/5 The videttes phlegmatically continued their circling.
1954 Times 11 Aug. 9 Clark moved phlegmatically on.
1995 K. Atkinson Behind Scenes at Museum (1996) v. 155 ‘'Appen she did,’ Lucy-Vida says phlegmatically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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