— phlegmatically , adv. — phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness , n.
/fleg mat"ik/ , adj.
1. not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
2. self-possessed, calm, or composed.
3. of the nature of or abounding in the humor phlegm.
Also, phlegmatical .
[ 1300-50; phlegmaticus phlegmatikós pertaining to phlegm, equiv. to phlegmat- (s. of phlégma PHLEGM) + -ikos -IC; r. ME fleumatik fleumatique ]
Syn. 1. stoical, cool, cold, uninterested, dull, torpid. 2. cool, collected, unruffled, placid, quiet.