Calmly
Calmly adverb - In a sedate manner.
Painfully
Painfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: painfully she recounted the years of physical abuse she had received at his hands
Both words in one sentence
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The interrogator in question, Linda Ross, calmly and coldly describes how she intends to painfully and methodically torture the terrified captor until the woman either dies or gives up the information she wants.
Source: To the Pain
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