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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Impassive \Im*pas"sive\, a. Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. --De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. --Pope. -- {Im*pas"sive*ly}, adv -- {Im*pas"sive*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: impassive adj 1: having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference" [syn: {stolid}] 2: deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read" [syn: {deadpan}, {expressionless}, {poker-faced}, {unexpressive}]
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