collectedly


Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Encyclopedia.

col·lect·ed

 (kə-lĕk′tĭd)
adj.
1. Brought or placed together from various sources: the collected poems of W.H. Auden.
2. Self-possessed; composed: The paramedics remained collected during the emergency. See Synonyms at cool.
col·lect′ed·ly adv.
col·lect′ed·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.collectedly - in a self-collected or self-possessed manner; "he announced the death of his father collectedly"
composedly
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

collectedly

adv → ruhig, gelassen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Mentioned in ?
References in classic literature ?
(speaking more collectedly,) with the consciousness which I have of misconduct, very great misconduct, it is particularly consoling to me to know that those of my friends, whose good opinion is most worth preserving, are not disgusted to such a degree as toI have not time for half that I could wish to say.
View in context
There was a stage, that evening, when she spoke collectedly of what had happened, though with a certain terrible vivacity.
View in context
She had a letter from him herself, a few hurried happy lines, written as the ship came up Channel, and sent into Portsmouth with the first boat that left the Antwerp at anchor in Spithead; and when Crawford walked up with the newspaper in his hand, which he had hoped would bring the first tidings, he found her trembling with joy over this letter, and listening with a glowing, grateful countenance to the kind invitation which her uncle was most collectedly dictating in reply.
View in context

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?