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- adverb In a
conspiratorial manner
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Examples
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She spoke the word conspiratorially as if it were part of some criminal patois, a naughty expression which she was daring to use.
A Mind to Murder James, P. D. 1963
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Those Bolivians did some crazy things before the war, didn†™ t they? †She leaned in conspiratorially. “He bred these at the beginning, before they got really good at it.
365 tomorrows » 2007 » April : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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Kristoff is speaking conspiratorially, as if sharing a deep and disturbing secret, although it is well-known to anyone who has been following the emo-violence story that gay rights groups have called for tolerance.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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When I say this, the chick LIGHTS UP and leans in toward me, and starts whispering, all conspiratorially, Yes!
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
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The captain leaned closer, whispering conspiratorially, “Before they see you.”
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
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Robbie Conal, who had Lobdell as his graduate advisor at Stanford in the late '70s says that "Frank would mutter at me, sometimes wearily, sometimes conspiratorially, every time we were together for more than half an hour; 'Nothing worth anything is easy.'"
John Seed: Frank Lobdell: "Nothing Worth Anything Is Easy" John Seed 2011
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Kristoff is speaking conspiratorially, as if sharing a deep and disturbing secret, although it is well-known to anyone who has been following the emo-violence story that gay rights groups have called for tolerance.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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One of them whispered conspiratorially to a colleague as Morrison was leaving, “What do we do if O plays his best nine, too?”
O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011
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Kristoff is speaking conspiratorially, as if sharing a deep and disturbing secret, although it is well-known to anyone who has been following the emo-violence story that gay rights groups have called for tolerance.
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011
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Robbie Conal, who had Lobdell as his graduate advisor at Stanford in the late '70s says that "Frank would mutter at me, sometimes wearily, sometimes conspiratorially, every time we were together for more than half an hour; 'Nothing worth anything is easy.'"
John Seed: Frank Lobdell: "Nothing Worth Anything Is Easy" John Seed 2011
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