He accepted the decision phlegmatically. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
‘I never go anywhere,’ rejoined Lezhnyov phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Rudin] Reference
"Then we must protect ourselves," he answered, phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
The Justice scratched his head and waxed phlegmatically indignant. From Wordnik.com. [The Benefit of the Doubt] Reference
The manager answered phlegmatically in French with a German accent. From Wordnik.com. [The Invader A Novel] Reference
The ship skimmed treetops, heading phlegmatically for a rocky bluff. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Point] Reference
"I'm afraid it's worse at the back," a policeman said phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
“The father and mother protest,” replied the clerk, phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [The Vendetta] Reference
Pablo drifted phlegmatically into adulthood, following his stint in reform school. From Wordnik.com. [The Sanchez Ghost] Reference
This kind of hesitancy to phlegmatically answer a factual question bothers me a bit. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Models – the Next Generation « Climate Audit] Reference
"If my friends don't like the way I carry on they needn't come," I said phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Night] Reference
Many times a day he lost his temper and, as Lawford phlegmatically expressed it, "blew up.". From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
The breeds nodded again, a trifle less phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [The Snowshoe Trail] Reference
The Abbate and Olivo took matters more phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Casanova's Homecoming] Reference
The woman spoke very phlegmatically and sententiously. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest] Reference
"Let the landlords try it!" he said phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill] Reference
He wrote down phlegmatically, "Mussels during the day.". From Wordnik.com. [My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt] Reference
'I never go anywhere,' rejoined Lezhnyov phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Rudin] Reference
The Philosopher grinned phlegmatically and said nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Menschen im Krieg. English] Reference
The teamsters viewed the unfolding expanse phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Desert Dust] Reference
I answered phlegmatically that "I knew it," and went below. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
"Do not keep me in suspense," added Fouquet, phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Louise de la Valliere] Reference
The stable-boys stood around, looking at him phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag] Reference
The Dutch surrendered and took their medicine phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Plotting in Pirate Seas] Reference
The old care-taker opened and closed the gates phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Rogue] Reference
"A good many men die in California," said Browning, phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Luke Walton] Reference
"There is such a risk, of course," answered Norbert phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Secret des Champdoce. English] Reference
"The father and mother protest," replied the clerk, phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [Vendetta] Reference
The Spaniard has reacted phlegmatically to Saturday's defeat at Sunderland. From Wordnik.com. [The First Post: Latest] Reference
"Presently," said Porthos, phlegmatically; "I shall come to that by and by.". From Wordnik.com. [Louise de la Valliere] Reference
"Alors, c'est entendu, mon cher ami!" he said to Gerald, who nodded phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
Stolid, undeniable matter was, peering phlegmatically between its wrinkled eyelids. From Wordnik.com. [Idolatry A Romance] Reference
Malesherbes, is more phlegmatically scandalous than the wildest tyranny of despotism. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4] Reference
"Oh, yes! bream is a very good fish," answered she, phlegmatically, without looking up. From Wordnik.com. [Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6] Reference
"Why, dead as dirt," replied a matter-of-fact fellow, chewing his pig-tail phlegmatically. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea] Reference
Palko clambered up on to the box from whence he phlegmatically looked down upon his master. From Wordnik.com. [A Hungarian Nabob] Reference
"Are you looking for a safe corner to catch fever in?" he inquired phlegmatically, after a pause. From Wordnik.com. [The Lamp in the Desert] Reference
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