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composedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /kəmˈpəʊ.zɪd.li/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /kəmˈpoʊ.zɪd.li/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English composed Middle English -ly English -ly English composedly From composed + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a composed manner.
   • So far the letter had run composedly enough; but here, with a sudden splutter of the pen, the writer's emotion had broken loose. 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
   • "You have this down to a fine art?" I said. "A girl needs to," she said composedly. 1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 63:

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