stolidly

[US]/'stɔlidli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. nagpapakita ng kaunti o walang emosyon, walang damdamin

Phrases & Collocations

remain stolidly

manatiling matigas

look stolidly

tingnan nang matigas

act stolidly

kumilos nang matigas

stolidly endure

tiisin nang matigas

Example Sentences

Saunders stood stolidly to attention .

Tumayo si Saunders nang matigas sa atensyon.

He stolidly refused to show any emotion.

Matigas niyang tinanggihan na ipakita ang anumang emosyon.

She stolidly faced the criticism without flinching.

Harap niya nang walang pag-aatubili ang kritisismo.

The stolidly built man remained calm in the face of danger.

Ang matatag na lalaki ay nanatiling kalmado sa harap ng panganib.

The stolidly silent audience made the speaker nervous.

Nainis ang tagapagsalita dahil sa tahimik na madla.

He stolidly carried out his duties without complaint.

Ginamit niya nang walang reklamo ang kanyang mga tungkulin.

The stolidly written report lacked any emotion.

Walang emosyon ang ulat na isinulat nang walang emosyon.

She stolidly endured the pain without shedding a tear.

Pinagtiisan niya ang sakit nang walang pagluha.

The stolidly designed building lacked character.

Walang karakter ang gusali na dinisenyo nang walang karakter.

He stolidly faced the difficult decision ahead of him.

Harap niya nang walang pag-aatubili ang mahirap na desisyon sa kanyang harapan.

The stolidly dressed man seemed unapproachable.

Mukhang hindi lapitan ang lalaking nakasuot nang walang emosyon.

Real-world Examples

" No, Sir, " said Sergeant Dankwaerts stolidly.

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 1)

Spencer got out and marched stolidly across the fiagstones to the portico of the house.

Source: The Long Farewell (Part Two)

" Lavinia has no trials, " said Ermengarde, stolidly, " and she is horrid enough" .

Source: The Little Princess (Original Version)

Biff waited stolidly, his elbow resting on the counter and his thumb mashing the tip of his long nose.

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

After a brief recap of the murders and the political scandal they caused, the piece veered back into Macarthur's stolidly sensible view of the lockdown.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

The ambulance men hurrying here and there among the prostrate forms frequently stepped on wounded men, so thickly packed were the rows, and those trodden upon stared stolidly up, waiting their turn.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Recently I read this sentence in a forthcoming novel I prefer not to name: “He sat stolidly beside the corpse, waiting for the medical examiner as patiently as a man waiting for a turkey sandwich.”

Source: Stephen King on Writing

Ned Winsett had those flashes of penetration;they were the most interesting thing about him, and always made Archer wonder why they had allowed him to accept failure so stolidly at an age when most men are still struggling.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part One)

And his attention was constantly wandering: there were fruit trees trained on the walls of the vicarage, and a long twig beat now and then against the windowpane; sheep grazed stolidly in the field beyond the garden.

Source: The Shackles of Life (Part One)

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