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stoically en · ADV

Pronunciation

/ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl.i/ (UK)
/ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl.i/ (US)
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/ˈstoʊ.ɪk.li/ (US)
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/ˈstəʊ.ɪk.li/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English stoical Middle English -ly English -ly English stoically From stoical + -ly.

Meanings

In a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering or expressing complaint.
- Frank Connor look the news stoically and, except for a sudden and nearly unnoticed grimace, with no outward show of emotion. 2010, Christopher Reich, “chapter 41”, in Rules of Betrayal, page 208:
In an unfeeling manner that inwardly is unaffected by pain or distress.
- Regardless of how involved Carl outwardly appears, inside he holds himself stoically detached. 1985, Larry Morton Gernsbacher, The Suicide Syndrome: Origins, Manifestations, and Alleviation of Human Self-destructiveness, page 143:
In a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most stoically	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more stoically	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

stoical · stoic · stoicism · Stoic

Translations (22)

pl stoicko (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · es estoicamente (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · de stoisch (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · de stoisch (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · ru стои́чески (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · fi tyynesti (in an unfeeling manner that inwardly is unaffected by pain or distress) · ru стои́чески (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · fi stoalaisesti (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · el στωικά (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · el στωικά (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · pl stoicko (in an unfeeling manner that inwardly is unaffected by pain or distress) · ru сто́йко (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · el στωικά (in an unfeeling manner that inwardly is unaffected by pain or distress) · it stoicamente (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · fi tyynesti (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · fr stoïquement (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · ru стои́чески (in an unfeeling manner that inwardly is unaffected by pain or distress) · es estoicamente (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · ca estoicament (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · pl stoicko (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering) · ru как сто́ики (in a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism) · it stoicamente (in a manner that endures pain and hardship without outwardly showing suffering)