Definitions
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- adverb In a manner showing
relief .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As it ends, spouses drift away to sleep somewhere else, relievedly.
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The young chap in the dungarees laughed relievedly.
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The little Venuso-Terrestrian bowed himself out, smiling relievedly, leaving the captain to sit scowling perplexedly in a haze of cigar smoke.
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The young chap in the dungarees laughed relievedly.
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"You know: 'I will alwaaaays loooove yooo'," he howled, making fun of such love mush spooned out in digital Dolby sound and acting, relievedly, like a carefree kid carried away with my appreciation of his Whitney Houston.
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Larry puzzled over the situation: Should the banquette be held for the diva, or bequeathed to the refreshingly unassuming — and relievedly present — young actress?
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“There,” he said, relievedly, “now will you shut up?” holding her tight in an iron grip, he let her struggle and turn, quite ready to put an end to her breathing if necessary.
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Parlabane was wandering relievedly towards the exit, his shift mercifully over, when McCreedie called him across to their gathering.
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He smiled relievedly, suddenly realized what he was doing, and glanced around the interior of the command skid to see if anyone had noticed the unnatural, un-Ashregan expression.
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He smiled relievedly, suddenly realized what he was doing, and glanced around the interior of the command skid to see if anyone had noticed the unnatural, un-Ashregan expression.
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