stoically
advUK /ˈstəʊ.ɪk.əl.i/ · US /ˈstoʊ.ɪk.əl.i/
Etymology From stoical + -ly.
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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:
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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:
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Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences In a manner consistent with the philosophy of stoicism.