| 单词 | composedly |
| 释义 | composedly (once / 3949 pages) adv When you do something composedly, you do it calmly and deliberately. You might composedly repair a broken window before your parents get home, instead of getting upset like your younger brother. The adverb composedly is especially useful for describing something that's done in a way that displays common sense and a clear head. It implies calmness in the face of chaos, like when your aunt sits composedly with her cup of tea after firefighters have put out a fire in her kitchen. The root is the Old French word composer, "put together or arrange," from the Latin ponere, "to put or place." WORD FAMILYcomposed: composedly+/component: components/compose: component, composed, composer, composes, composing, composition, compositor, composure, decompose, discompose/composer: composers/composition: compositional, compositions/compositional: compositionally, decompositional/compositor: compositors/composure: composures/decomposable: undecomposable/decompose: decomposable, decomposed, decomposes, decomposing, decomposition/decomposition: decompositions/discompose: discomposed, discomposes, discomposing, discomposure/discomposed: discomposedly/discomposure: discomposures USAGE EXAMPLESShe bowed composedly and, with a slight diffident smile, walked to the chair reserved for her. Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn, Mrs. Balfame—A Novel(2012) "It is the kind of nature which would composedly perform an act of wild heroism, and then wonder what all the applause was for." Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie, The Tree of Knowledge—A Novel(2012) The white dresses and summer hats walked composedly on. Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford), The Suprising Adventures of Sir Toa...(2012) adv in a self-collected or self-possessed manner Syn collectedly |
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