APLOMB


Meaning of APLOMB in English

/ əˈplɒm; NAmE əˈplɑːm/ noun

[ U ] if sb does sth with aplomb , they do it in a confident and successful way, often in a difficult situation :

with considerable / great / remarkable aplomb

He delivered the speech with his usual aplomb .

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent. (in the sense perpendicularity, steadiness ): from French , from à plomb according to a plumb line.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.