unmovinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmuːvɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈmuvɪŋli/ In an unmoving manner; motionlessly; fixedly; in a manner that stirs no emotion.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > without moving
to stand stillc1000
stone-still?c1225
statuelike1640
unmovingly1733
stirlessly1825
statically1841
motionlessly1847
1733 A. Hill Let. 6 Nov. in Wks. (1753) I. 172 The actors are, unnaturally pert, unmovingly cold or elaborately tiresome, from a dull, dry, drawling monotony of declamatory stiffness.
1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. xii. 116 Leaning against the counter at one corner, and fixing his eyes deliberately and unmovingly upon us, was a man about the age of fifty.
1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus III. iv. 94 Her eyes were fixed unmovingly on the ground.
1858 York Herald 3 Apr. 3/2 Snakes of various kinds, a large blue jay of beautiful plumage, and the saucy king crow sit unmovingly on the telegraph wires.
1927 New Castle (Pa.) News 20 Oct. 6/3 Two firemen sit unmovingly on the front seat.
1971 Sci. & Society 35 266 The expression of various political needs in the Soviet Union necessarily develops, changes form; it does not simply and unmovingly ‘exist’.
2007 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 13 Aug. 13 Then she sang the aria politely, tidily, correctly—and unmovingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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