Dispassionately

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dispassionate \Dis*pas"sion*ate\, a.
     1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or
        carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm;
        composed.
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              Wise and dispassionate men.           --Clarendon.
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     2. Not dictated by passion; not proceeding from temper or
        bias; impartial; as, dispassionate proceedings; a
        dispassionate view.
  
     Syn: Calm; cool; composed serene; unimpassioned; temperate;
          moderate; impartial; unruffled. --
          {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*pas"sion*ate*ness},
          n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dispassionately
       adv : in an impartially dispassionate manner; "although he was
             looking at the other girl, he did so dispassionately"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "dispassionately":
     apathetically, calmly, carelessly, cold-bloodedly, coldheartedly,
     coldly, composedly, conservatively, coolly, deadpan, deservedly,
     disinterestedly, duly, equably, equally, equitably, evenly, fair,
     fairly, heartlessly, heedlessly, impartially, impassively,
     impersonally, imperturbably, in balance, in cold blood,
     in moderation, in reason, inexcitably, inirritably, insouciantly,
     judiciously, justifiably, justifiedly, justly, lackadaisically,
     levelheadedly, listlessly, meetly, mindlessly, moderately,
     negligently, nonchalantly, placidly, properly, prudently, quietly,
     recklessly, regardlessly, restrainedly, rightfully, rightly,
     serenely, soberly, soothingly, spiritlessly, steadily, stodgily,
     stoically, stolidly, stuffily, subduedly, temperately, tranquilly,
     unconcernedly, unemotionally, unfeelingly, uninterestedly,
     unmindfully, unpassionately, upon even terms, warrantably,
     warrantedly, with dry eyes, within bounds, within compass,
     within reason, without distinction