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Word entry · 6 letters

aplomb

Best crossword clue

"Grace under pressure"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /əˈplʌm/Part of speech nounSorted ablmopStarts with AEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Calm confidence and poise, especially under pressure.

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from French aplomb (“plumb line”).

Used in a sentence

  • His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.
  • We can handle functions of a few variables with some aplomb and view sets of quantities totalling IO6 or IO7 with sangfroid.
  • They have a seven-year-old son named Timothy, never called Timmy or Tim; a little scrawny guy who wears thick glasses already, and who tucks his striped T-shirts into his pants with the aplomb of a silver-templed CEO.

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