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Synonyms for detachedly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : dih-tacht
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtætʃt

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Définition of detachedly

Origin :
  • 1680s, from French détacher "to detach, untie," from Old French destachier, from des- "apart" + attachier "attach" (see attach). Related: Detached; detaching.
  • As in objectively : adv impartially
Example sentences :
  • Speaking calmly, detachedly, but not cynically, it is a phase.
  • Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
  • "A man's been known to dislocate his jaw, yawning like that," said Calhoun detachedly.
  • Extract from : « The Hate Disease » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
  • Deliberately, detachedly, I studied the angrily flaming Shape.
  • Extract from : « The Metal Monster » by A. Merritt
  • "I see they've got the blinds down still," he said detachedly.
  • Extract from : « The Thousandth Woman » by Ernest W. Hornung
  • "He has been a guest here before," she said reminiscently and detachedly.
  • Extract from : « The Last Shot » by Frederick Palmer
  • "I'm afraid you will miss it, Joe," Major Holt said detachedly.
  • Extract from : « Space Tug » by Murray Leinster
  • It was certainly odd, there being no blood about, thought Oliver detachedly.
  • Extract from : « Young People's Pride » by Stephen Vincent Benet
  • In them the poet is working so detachedly that there is even room for the play of gentle humour now and then.
  • Extract from : « Studies of Contemporary Poets » by Mary C. Sturgeon
  • He had learned to understand her point of view, which was detachedly æsthetic and rather removed from the world of the sensuous.
  • Extract from : « The "Genius" » by Theodore Dreiser
  • He was weak, damnably weak; and for years he had admired himself, detachedly, as a man of pride.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Honeymoons » by Harold MacGrath

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