Obediently
[əu'bi:diəntli]
Definition
(adv.) in an obedient manner; 'obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking'.
Typist: Murray--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In an obedient manner; with obedience.
Typist: Millie
Examples
- Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Poor Briggs went and placed herself obediently at the writing-book. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- When summoned by her nurse she rose and departed very obediently, having bid us all a subdued good-night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But, Mr Boffin stopped her with a gesture, and she obediently sat down again and stayed where she was. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A view of life in which man obediently allows himself to be made grist for somebody else's mill is the poorest kind of preparation for the work of self-government. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- At the stern order the buzz ceased, and fifty pairs of blue, black, gray, and brown eyes were obediently fixed upon his awful countenance. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She obediently descended, and made as light of the prank as she could without betraying Meg or forgetting the truth. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
Typist: Millie