levelly
levelly — 副詞
1. in a calm, steady manner — speaking, looking, or acting without letting feelings
平靜地；沉穩
語氣或眼神不帶情緒、不動聲色地
in a calm, steady manner — speaking, looking, or acting without letting feelings show in your voice or face.
Minh answered the lawyer's questions levelly, refusing to raise his voice.
Minh 平靜地回答律師的問題，始終沒有提高音量。
verb + levelly: answer/reply levelly under pressure
Eve looked at her brother levelly and told him the bad news from the hospital.
Eve 沉著地看著哥哥，把醫院傳來的壞消息告訴他。
look + levelly: steady eye contact while delivering difficult information
Kenji spoke levelly throughout the meeting, even when the manager raised his voice.
整場會議 Kenji 都語氣平穩地說話，即使經理對他大聲咆哮也一樣。
speak + levelly: maintaining calm tone in tense situations
Ritu held the senator's gaze levelly and waited for an honest answer.
Ritu 沉著地與那位參議員對視，等著對方給出誠實的回答。
hold a gaze + levelly: composure during confrontation
"I am not afraid of you," Élise said levelly, folding her arms across her chest.
「我不怕你。」Élise 不動聲色地說，雙手在胸前抱起。
said + levelly in reporting clause: delivers dialogue without emotion
- answer levelly
- speak levelly
- say something levelly
- look at someone levelly
- meet someone's eyes levelly
- hold someone's gaze levelly
- reply levelly
- calmly
broader; covers any peaceful manner, not specifically tied to controlled speech or gaze.
- steadily
emphasises a continuous, unwavering quality; less about hiding emotion than about not faltering.
- evenly
stresses balance and lack of variation in tone; close synonym in 'speak evenly / answer evenly'.
- coolly
adds a hint of detachment or slight unfriendliness; 'levelly' is more neutral.
- angrily
lets strong feeling show in voice or face.
- emotionally
opposite stance: feelings are openly visible.
- shakily
voice or gaze betrays nervousness — the failure mode 'levelly' resists.
文法句型
speak/look/answer + levelly
用法筆記
Strongly collocates with verbs of speech and gaze (say, answer, reply, ask, look, gaze, regard, meet someone's eyes). Often used in narrative writing to signal emotional control in a tense or confrontational moment.