adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.]
1. In the manner of a Stoic; like the Stoics of old; in accordance with the principles of the Stoical philosophy.
1607. Walkington, Opt. Glass, vii. 64 b. [A man] alwaies stoically visaged, like grout headed Archesilas.
1612. Benvenuto’s Passenger, II. i. 455. Though the Stoicks stoically haue held the contrarie.
1630. Wadsworth, Pilgr., iii. 25. The least fault he did they Stoically interpreted to bee equall to the greatest.
1682. Sir T. Browne, Chr. Mor., III. § 12. Be not Stoically mistaken in the equality of sins.
2. With the indifference or fortitude of a stoic.
1812. Henry, Camp. agst. Quebec, 60. The laugh of the company was against me, but it was borne stoically.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. I. i. Paris is stoically calm.
1841. Dickens, Barn. Rudge, ii. He tried to look stoically at the tavern.
1879. Beerbohm, Patagonia, xi. 167. I sat down beside it waiting as stoically as I could for night-time.
