stoicallyadv.
/ˈstəʊɪkəli/ 1. In the manner of a Stoic; like the Stoics of old; in accordance with the principles of the Stoical philosophy.
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1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse vii. 64 b [A man] alwaies stoically visaged, like grout headed Archesilas.
1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger ii. i. 455 Though the Stoicks stoically haue held the contrarie.
1630 J. Wadsworth Eng. Spanish Pilgrime (new ed.) iii. 25 The least fault he did they Stoically interpreted to bee equall to the greatest.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 93 Be not Stoically mistaken in the equality of sins.
2. With the indifference or fortitude of a stoic.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adverb] > Stoically
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1812 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec 60 The laugh of the company was against me, but it was borne stoically.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. i. 4 Paris is stoically calm.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge ii. 247 He tried to look stoically at the tavern.
1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia xi. 167 I sat down beside it waiting as stoically as I could for night-time.
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