stoically, adv.
(ˈstəʊɪkəlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In the manner of a Stoic; like the Stoics of old; in accordance with the principles of the Stoical philosophy.
| 1607 T. Walkington Opt. Glass vii. 64 b, [A man] alwaies stoically visaged, like grout headed Archesilas. 1612 Benvenuto's Passenger ii. i. 455 Though the Stoicks stoically haue held the contrarie. 1630 Wadsworth Pilgr. iii. 25 The least fault he did they Stoically interpreted to bee equall to the greatest. 1682 Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §12 Be not Stoically mistaken in the equality of sins. |
2. With the indifference or fortitude of a stoic.
| 1812 Henry Camp. agst. Quebec 60 The laugh of the company was against me, but it was borne stoically. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. i. i, Paris is stoically calm. 1841 Dickens Barn. Rudge ii, He tried to look stoically at the tavern. 1879 Beerbohm Patagonia xi. 167, I sat down beside it waiting as stoically as I could for night-time. |