composedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English composed

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 composedly

From composed + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpoʊ.zɪd.li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpəʊ.zɪd.li/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Adverb

composedly (comparative more composedly, superlative most composedly)

1. In a composed manner.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:

     So far the letter had run composedly enough; but here, with a sudden splutter of the pen, the writer's emotion had broken loose.

   • 1958, A.G. Yates, The Cold Dark Hours, Sydney: Horwitz, published 1963, page 63:

     "You have this down to a fine art?" I said. "A girl needs to," she said composedly.