IMPASSIVE
\ɪmpˈasɪv], \ɪmpˈasɪv], \ɪ_m_p_ˈa_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of IMPASSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
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having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference"
By Princeton University
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deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Impassively.
By Daniel Lyons
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Impassively.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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