Shrinkingly
[ʃ'rɪŋkɪŋlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) In a shrinking manner.
Typist: Nigel
Examples
- The fair little face, touched with divine compassion, as it peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel's in the prison. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He glanced here, and he glanced there, sullenly but shrinkingly; and sometimes stopped and turned about, and looked all round him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She stood, shrinkingly, before him, as if she were afraid to meet his eyes; but her passionate sorrow was quite hushed and mute. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- What you found,' said Mortimer, glancing rather shrinkingly towards the bunk; 'is it here? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Typist: Nigel