calmly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English calm

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English calmly

From calm + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː(ɹ)m.li/

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Adverb

calmly (comparative more calmly, superlative most calmly)

1. In a calm manner; coolly.
   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 84:

     She ran to the door and there beheld the ragged street urchin calmly playing his organ.

   • 2023 May 6, Rachel Cooke, “It was ludicrous but also magnificent: the coronation stirred every emotion”, in The Guardian‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 July 2023:

     But in the diamond jubilee state coach – this one comes with both suspension and air conditioning – the queen’s hands were folded calmly in her lap.

Translations

in a calm manner — see also tranquilly

• Catalan: calmosament (ca), tranquil·lament (ca)
• Cimbrian: dèstar
• Czech: klidně (cs)
• Dutch: kalmpjes (nl), kalmweg (nl), kalm (nl)
• Esperanto: trankvile
• Finnish: rauhallisesti (fi), tyynesti (fi), levollisesti (fi)
• French: paisiblement (fr)
• Galician: tranquilamente, amodo
• German: ruhig (de)
• Greek: ήρεμα (el) (írema)
• Hungarian: nyugodtan (hu)
• Latin: aequō animō
• Polish: spokojnie (pl)
• Portuguese: tranquilamente
• Romanian: calm (ro)
• Russian: споко́йно (ru) (spokójno)
• Spanish: calmamente, calmosamente, calmadamente, con calma
• Ukrainian: спокі́йно (spokíjno)