Resignedly
[rɪ'zaɪnɪdli]
Definition
(adv.) with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; 'resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted'.
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Definition
(adv.) With submission.
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Examples
- No, no, not so bad as that, said Lydgate, giving up remonstrance and petting her resignedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mr Rokesmith,' said she, resignedly, 'has been so polite as to place his sitting-room at our disposal to-day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then he heaved a sigh and dropped his head resignedly upon his paws. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As to his liver,' said the Old Soldier resignedly, 'that, of course, he gave up altogether, when he first went out! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mrs. Welland sighed resignedly, and May rose from her seat and went to gather up some newspapers that had been scattered on the floor. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He smiled resignedly, and gave up the name of his client: Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Show him in, I said resignedly. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I walked at once to the door, and Mr. Fairlie resignedly tinkled his hand-bell. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- As the clock struck two, she was there, and at four she turned resignedly away. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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