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calmly

/ˈkɑɫmɫi/, /ˈkɑmɫi/ adv B2 ✓

In a calm manner; coolly.

Word Origin Surprisingly, calm traces back to Greek kauma 'burning heat of the sun', via Italian calma 'rest during the midday heat'. The idea: the stillness that comes when the sun is at its fiercest and everything pauses. So calmly carries that sense of quiet repose, and it's related to calmness.

adv In a calm manner; coolly. B2 ✓

He calmly explained the situation despite the chaos around him.

(副词) 平静地；冷静地

尽管周围一片混乱，他还是冷静地解释了情况。

(adverbio) con calma; tranquilamente; serenamente; sosegadamente [Con calma; de forma serena.]

Explicó la situación con calma a pesar del caos a su alrededor.

(adverbe) calmement; avec calme; posément; sereinement; tranquillement [D'une manière posée et sans agitation.]

Il a expliqué calmement la situation malgré le chaos autour de lui.

(Adverb) gelassen; ruhig [Auf eine ruhige, gelassene und beherrschte Weise; ohne Aufregung oder Hektik.]

Er erklärte **calmly** die Situation, obwohl um ihn herum Chaos herrschte.

(副詞) 落ち着いた様子で、冷静に。

周囲の混乱にもかかわらず、彼は状況を冷静に説明した。

(advérbio) calmamente; tranquilamente; serenamente; sossegadamente [De maneira calma; tranquilamente.]

Ele explicou calmamente a situação apesar do caos ao redor.

Synonyms: serenely peacefully quietly coolly composedly Antonyms: agitatedly nervously frantically wildly
Word parts: calm + ly

Common collocations

say verb walk verb sit verb speak verb as adv quite adv answer verb reply verb wait verb continue verb accept verb return verb

Related words

calmness

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