All 4 Uses of
stoic
in
Black: The Birth of Evil
- Thoroughly out of character for the stoic, black-hearted Swiss.†
Chpt Prol. *
- AARON OLSEN stared at Tom from behind a large cherry-wood desk, elbows propped on the surface, face stoic and impossible to read in the wake of Tom's detailed explanation of the fuzzy white bats.†
Chpt 12
- It was the first time Tom had seen such emotion from the stoic Roush, and it surprised him.†
Chpt 16
- Teeleh stood stoically on the bridge, drilling him with those large green eyes.†
Chpt 19stoically = without displaying emotion
Definitions:
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(1)
(stoic) seeming unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, a stoic can refer to a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno (known for striving to be unaffected by pleasure, pain, or emotions).