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impersonally

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im·per·son·al  (m-pûrs-nl)
adj.
1. Lacking personality; not being a person: an impersonal force.
2.
a. Showing no emotion or personality: an aloof, impersonal manner.
b. Having no personal reference or connection: an impersonal remark.
c. Not responsive to or expressive of human personalities: a large, impersonal corporation.
3. Grammar
a. Of, relating to, or being a verb that expresses the action of an unspecified subject, as in methinks, "it seems to me"; Latin pluit, "it rains"; or, with an expletive subject, it snowed.
b. Indefinite. Used of pronouns.

im·person·ali·ty (-s-nl-t) n.
im·person·al·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.impersonally - without warmth; "he treated his patients impersonally"
personally - in a personal way; "he took her comments personally"
2.impersonally - in an impersonal manner; "when I told him about Russ I found it difficult to speak impersonally"
Translations
impersonally [ɪmˈpɜːsnəlɪ] ADVimpersonalmente, de manera impersonal
impersonally
impersonally [ɪmˈpɜːsnlɪ] advimpersonalmente
impersonally [ɪmˈpɜːsnlɪ] advimpersonalmente


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The man winced a little at the tone of her voice; but his own voice was still impersonally cool when he spoke again.
Because I think you speak the truth," she said, searching him for proof of this apparently, with eyes now almost impersonally direct.
 
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