unemotionally
- adverb
- /ˌʌnɪˈmoʊʃənəli/
- A person who calmly and unemotionally asserts "I am angry" has reported her anger, truly or falsely, but she has not expressed it.
- say unemotionally
It is the middleman and it is unemotionally an assassin.
- It is the middleman and it is unemotionally an assassin.
- One, not picking unemotionally, unemotionally available women.
Examples
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They worked steadily, unemotionally, reliably—almost like robots in those stories.
Fiction book (1995) -
"You have no suit, Captain," the voice said unemotionally.
Fiction book (1992) -
So he went through with the surgery rather unemotionally, but his family and wife did not take it as well.
Blog text (26) -
We'll stay together through the holidays," Kate explained unemotionally.
Fiction book (2001) -
These guys were supposed to be the cold, calculating business folks, looking unemotionally at the facts.
Blog text (15) -
She explained the difficult decision to the team unemotionally, focusing solely on the facts.
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The judge delivered the verdict unemotionally, maintaining a neutral tone throughout the proceedings.
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He accepted the criticism unemotionally, considering it as an opportunity for improvement rather than taking it personally.
Synonyms
In a way that shows no feeling or reaction
Showing no interest or care
Without showing much feeling or reaction
In a cold, unfriendly way that shows no feeling
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
In a way that shows little feeling
In a way that shows no interest or energy
Without showing any feeling
In a way that shows no feeling on the face
In a way that does not show care or kindness
In a way that shows no worry or interest
Antonyms
How Emotional
Surface Forms
Morphology
unemotionally = unemotional (transparent) = un + emotion + al + ly
The word is transparently built: emotion → emotional → unemotional → unemotionally, so the final -ly simply forms an adverb from the adjective.
Etymology
Unemotionally breaks into un- 'not', emotion 'feeling', and -ly 'in this way'. The part emotion is related to the common word motion, from an old Latin word meaning 'move', so unemotionally means 'in a way not moved by feeling', or without showing emotion.