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Recent Examples of calmly
If someone talks over you, stay generous yet firm and restate your idea calmly, because centered delivery often wins the room.
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
The hooded figure is seen walking calmly in an alleyway near the couple's home around the time the killings are believed to have occurred.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Consciously choosing the design of this polish, applying it calmly, and visualizing your wishes for the new year transforms the manicure into an act of self-care and manifestation.
—Andrea Carbajal, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2026
The private communications struck many in NASCAR as out of character for Phelps, who had previously been regarded as a consistent, steady hand who calmly guided NASCAR out of the turmoil from the previous leadership era as NASCAR’s president beginning in 2018.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
When someone misses deadlines or violates the rules, influential people address it calmly and directly by using coercive power.
—Melody Wilding, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2026
This could look like calmly renegotiating expectations, recognizing who’s consistent versus who’s just loud, or realizing you don’t need to fix everything to feel secure.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 4 Jan. 2026
McElearney described one of the bureau’s most chilling recordings, a shooter calmly describing the execution of Joseph Conigliaro, a ruthless mob associate who used a wheelchair.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
On one bucket, Leonard picked up a loose ball and then calmly stopped in transition and pulled up for a 3.
—Janis Carr, Oc Register, 25 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calmly
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The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.—
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Also bent on finding the stone are sadistic rebel commander Captain Poison (David Harewood, oozing evil) and the coolly calculating Colonel (Arnold Vosloo), Danny’s one-time mentor as a soldier-for-hire.—
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Thousands of people have peacefully made their voices heard.—
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A little more than a century after Davis’ death, a former American president, Richard Nixon, would die peacefully in bed.—
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Only chief technology officer John Tornow, who pressed Send from mission control, was serenely confident.—
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And Robbie, so serenely, perfectly beautiful, is playing a character teeming with self-loathing.—
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Often neglected are the two whorled figures, strolling placidly in the background.—
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All three kittens were in a cage in the trunk of their minivan, placidly watching us.—
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“Calmly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calmly. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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