Mildly
['maɪldlɪ] or ['maɪldli]
Definition
(adv.) In a mild manner.
Typist: Paul
Examples
- Perhaps I had better say, that you must submit to be mildly bored rather than to go on working. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He still sat silent, when Louisa mildly said: 'Rachael, you will not distrust me one day, when you know me better. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- To put it mildly, is it ever safe to ignore them entirely in our thinking? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- No one, surely, would come here to stare about him, he said mildly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As a bandit,' repeated Mr. Tupman, mildly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The old man took his glasses off, and mildly laid them down beside him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Reprehending (mildly) a certain chapter of my own on 'Habit,' he said that it was a fixed rule with him to form no regular habits. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I mildly asked her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That was the fever, my dear,' said the old lady mildly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Revived by soup, Twemlow discourses mildly of the Court Circular with Boots and Brewer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I could see that the poor girl was near crying, and I resumed my chair without speaking and looked at her (I hope) as mildly as I felt towards her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The young lady, my good sir, said Mr. Lorry, mildly tapping the Stryver arm, the young lady. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Prodigal--prodigal son, Sir,' suggested Mr. Pell, mildly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- To which he mildly answered, 'Yes, I think I can, my dear. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Rosamond looked mildly neutral as she said this, rising to ring the bell, and then crossing to her work-table. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I was fool enough, I dare say, said the husband--more mildly, however. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Now, what I will say for you, my dear,' the cherub pursued mildly and without a notion of complaining, 'is, that you are so adaptable. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Oliver mildly replied, that he had always heard a bird's mouth described by the term in question. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I wonder whereabouts in Bath this coach puts up,' said Mr. Pickwick, mildly addressing Mr. Winkle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It will worret you to death, Lucy; _that_ I can see, said Mr. Vincy, more mildly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pardon me, sir,' says Twemlow, rather less mildly than usual, 'I don't agree with you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Idris mildly refused, and thus they separated. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- It went off, howeveras mildly as the menace of a storm sometimes passes on a summer day. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, in the name of all that's--' 'Inflammable,' mildly suggested Mr. Pickwick, who thought something worse was coming. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I think you were speaking of dogs killing rats, Pitt remarked mildly, handing his cousin the decanter to buzz. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- There was another pause, and he had altered his position in the room, when he spoke again more mildly: 'I was going to tell you why it was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Yet she answered mildly: 'Yes, pretty well. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I mildly entreated him not to be despondent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr. Pickwick looked mildly at Jingle, and said-- 'I should like to speak to you in private. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It may not be, said I, mildly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Paul