stolidly
IPA: stˈɑɫʌdɫi
adverb
- In a stolid manner.
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Examples of "stolidly" in Sentences
- He bore it all stolidly, but he listened to his stomach.
- He walked in stolidly and smashed a clublike right to my face.
- Well, then, "stolidly," perhaps that is the word I meant to use.
- A while ago, I was scanning through recent entries on a stolidly prescriptivist grammar blog.
- Mr. Pike's harsh face carried the faintest shadow of an amused grin as he stolidly regarded the tablecloth.
- Indian and half breed women gazed stolidly at the strange vehicle, while the children and barking dogs clamorously advertised its progress.
- He occasionally feinted, shook his head when the weight of a punch landed, and moved stolidly about, never leaping or springing or wasting an ounce of strength.
- At fist the cowboy Uncle John had loaned me with the horses protested, then he followed stolidly in the rear, shaking his head, and, I know, muttering over and over that I was pupule.
- The film meets her in hopeful anticipation of two events: one, her wedding to her stolidly heroic fiance Stuart; two, the lung transplant that will extend her life beyond the six months that her worsening cystic fibrosis will permit her.
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