Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an acquiescent manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an acquiescent manner.
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- adverb In an
acquiescent manner.
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Examples
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Eleanor slowly pulls the acquiescently bemused Gary into her life, whether it's her remorse at selling her classic car or her need for some simple body contact, in the form of asexual cuddling.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Hello Lonesome Marshall Fine 2011
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Why did the Bush Administration need to engage in the illegal spying of American citizens in hundreds if not thousands of cases if the court so acquiescently approved of its requests?
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Why did the Bush Administration need to engage in the illegal spying of American citizens in hundreds if not thousands of cases if the court so acquiescently approved of its requests? '
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Louis looked up acquiescently, and slipped his hand into Hamilton's.
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"Heap better," said Flor acquiescently, and beginning to hold a whistling colloquy with the hidden voice.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 Various
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So vast a sum, receiving all the protection and benefits of Government without bearing its proportion of the burdens and expenses of the same, will not be looked upon acquiescently by those who have to pay the taxes.
State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.
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Bernice slipped the beads into her handbag and trailed after him acquiescently enough, as they made their way to the car; but her mind was a seething caldron of questions and determinations and longing to meet again with Delight.
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Letterblair looked at him from under enquiring eyebrows, and the young man, aware of the uselessness of trying to explain what was in his mind, bowed acquiescently while his senior continued: ` ` Divorce is always unpleasant. ''
The Age of Innocence 1920
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Letterblair looked at him from under enquiring eyebrows, and the young man, aware of the uselessness of trying to explain what was in his mind, bowed acquiescently while his senior continued: Divorce is always unpleasant.
XI. Book I 1920
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She moved to the door acquiescently and switched out the light, he following.
Married Life The True Romance May Edginton 1920
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