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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
1A2P3L4O5M6B

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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