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English
Etymology
From imperturbable + -ly.
Adverb
imperturbably (comparative more imperturbably, superlative most imperturbably)
- In an imperturbable manner; calmly.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 201:‘Are you an alienist?’ I interrupted. ‘Every doctor should be - a little,’ answered that original, imperturbably.
References
- “imperturbably”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “imperturbably”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.