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Meanings of impassive in English

Deliberately impassive in manner.

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Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited.

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Usage of impassive in English
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Alter course to west by south. He glanced at Bolitho's impassive features.
Success to the Brave
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Jean Valjean had entered the galleys sobbing and shuddering; he emerged impassive.
Les Misérables
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The Englishmen kept staring in the same impassive fashion with fixed glances.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
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But she spoke at length in the same impassive voice as before:
The Old Homestead
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I glanced at the strange woman; she sat as impassive as ever.
Dead Man's Rock
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She is no longer the impassive Silence; she has found her fire.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 / A Maga...
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He could not remain impassive in the presence of this warm admiration.
Shallow Soil
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The only human forms she saw were scarecrows, their rudimentary features impassive.
The Scar
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The magistrate, in the meantime, went on with the same impassive air,-
The Clique of Gold
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Borrowdean held the card in his hand, scrutinizing it with impassive face.
A Lost Leader
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The prisoners sat impassive, evidently not understanding the meaning of the answers.
Resurrection
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The recital was pitiful; but Hugh Roughsedge sat impassive, making no comments.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
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The impassive face of Jules Victor met his gaze at the door.
A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
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A pallid haze breathes wanly on the surface of the impassive sky.
The Dragon Painter
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The eyes are wide open, but the look is fixed and impassive.
Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism / H...
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It is my dearest ambition to be as impassive as the Sphinx.
Fantastic Fables
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