Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a yielding manner; with compliance.
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- adverb In a
yielding way.
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- adverb in an obedient manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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For what he loved above all, and all along, was art that is yieldingly attentive to the life of its materials and to particular sensations of reality.
Fairfield Porter: The Painter as Critic EAGEAGEAG 2009
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The ballet's central pas de deux, to music Britten named "Sentimental Sarabande," effectively shows off Ms. Mearns and Mr. Angle -- she, yieldingly; he, ardently.
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For what he loved above all, and all along, was art that is yieldingly attentive to the life of its materials and to particular sensations of reality.
Archive 2009-02-01 EAGEAGEAG 2009
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“All right,” he said, looking at her weakly and yieldingly.
An American Tragedy 2004
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I remember closing my eyes an instant, yieldingly, consciously, as before the excess of something beautiful that shone out of the blue of her own.
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“A little more — a little more,” said she, petulantly touching his hand with the forefinger, to make him incline the cup more generously and yieldingly.
Villette 2003
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And the fall hurt Perry a little, even accustomed as he was to the taking of blows yieldingly.
Winner Take All Larry Evans
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I remember closing my eyes an instant, yieldingly, consciously, as before the excess of something beautiful that shone out of the blue of her own.
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Her figure swayed forward yieldingly as if she would give herself into the keeping of the sun-drenched, pine-soaked air.
Success A Novel Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914
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"It's a very ticklish business, this, Mr. Steger," put in the sheriff, yieldingly, and yet with a slight whimper in his voice.
The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908
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