calmly


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
calm/kɑːm/
adjective
  • 1 not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other emotions.
  • 2 (of a place) peaceful and undisturbed.

    ■ (of weather or the sea) free from wind.

noun
  • 1 the state or fact of being peaceful or tranquil.
  • 2 the absence of wind.

    ■ (calms) an area of the sea without wind.

verb (often calm down) make or become tranquil and quiet.
– derivatives
calmly adverb,
calmness noun.
– origin ME: via one of the Romance languages from Gk kauma ‘heat (of the day)’.
'calmly' also found in these Oxford entries:
calm - wit

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