levelly

Example Sentences

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Or rather, Mailer — affecting a puzzling Irish brogue, as he was known to do — shot barb after barb at a somewhat amused Vidal, who responded levelly.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2021

He had discussed the matter with Sushila and could levelly report to Mateo what he had heard about his behavior, first when drunk in the park, and then when sober in the supermarket.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 15, 2019

“This is a new way and it’s a new day and it’s a new chair and I have the gavel at this point,” Waters said levelly.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2019

I applied the science, much as a loving family might apply their standards, levelly and coolly, to choose a mate for their beloved grown child.

From Time • Dec. 23, 2014

“You’ll go to Hillsdale,” he said levelly; perhaps he was afraid of saying too much, perhaps he thought that a kind word, or a sympathetic one, might rebound upon himself and bring her back.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson