olympianly

olympianly
adverb
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Olympian (III) + -ly
: in an Olympian manner

the accident was Olympianly disregarded except by the butler — Jean Stafford


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  • olympianly — olym·pi·an·ly …   English syllables

  • Olympian — Olympianly, adv. /euh lim pee euhn, oh lim /, adj. 1. pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece. 2. pertaining to Olympia in Elis. 3. of, resembling, characteristic of, or suitable to the gods of Olympus;… …   Universalium

  • loftily — Synonyms and related words: Olympianly, aloofly, arrogantly, bombastically, condescendingly, contemptuously, contumeliously, disdainfully, flatulently, grandiloquently, grandiosely, grandly, gravely, haughtily, imperiously, imposingly,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • proudly — Synonyms and related words: Olympianly, aloofly, arrogantly, condescendingly, contemptuously, contumeliously, disdainfully, elaborately, elegantly, en grand seigneur, erectly, extravagantly, gloriously, grandiosely, grandly, haughtily,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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