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Stoicalness

[stoh-i-kuhl]

sto·i·cal

[stoh-i-kuhl]
adjective
1.
impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
2.
(initial capital letter) of or pertaining to the Stoics.

Origin:
1400–50; Middle English; see Stoic, -al1

sto·i·cal·ly, adverb
sto·i·cal·ness, noun
hy·per·sto·i·cal, adjective
non·sto·i·cal, adjective
non·sto·i·cal·ly, adverb
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non·sto·i·cal·ness, noun
su·per·sto·i·cal, adjective
su·per·sto·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·sto·i·cal, adjective
un·sto·i·cal·ly, adverb
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1. imperturbable, cool, indifferent.


1. sympathetic, warm, demonstrative, effusive.

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stoical (ˈstəʊɪkəl)
 
adj
characterized by impassivity or resignation
 
'stoically
 
adv
 
'stoicalness
 
n

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