Compassionately
[kəm'pæʃənitli]
Definition
(adv.) In a compassionate manner; mercifully.
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Examples
- She was an audacious woman, and openly looked compassionately at me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Don't hurt him,' said the old gentleman, compassionately. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I know no more, ma'am, than the dead, she replied, glancing compassionately at him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The solemn man-servant of the night before met me wandering among the passages, and compassionately showed me the way to the breakfast-room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I cannot describe the tenderness with which he spoke to her, half playfully yet all the more compassionately and mournfully. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You have seen much trouble, sir,' said Mr. Pickwick compassionately. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I'll carry your basket a piece, said Tom, compassionately. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Poor Ellen, she simply remarked; adding compassionately: We must always bear in mind what an eccentric bringing-up Medora Manson gave her. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Mrs. Welland smiled compassionately. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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