acquiescently

Example Sentences

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I nodded acquiescently, but didn’t make the questions any easier.

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2022

Mrs. Dudley was still for a minute and then, moving her head acquiescently, turned and walked deliberately across the kitchen to a farther doorway.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson

Louis looked up acquiescently, and slipped his hand into Hamilton's.

From Louis' School Days A Story for Boys by May, E. J. (Edith J.)

Abruptly, Bellingham swept his papers together, thrust them into the drawer of his desk, and rose acquiescently from his chair.

From The Money Gods by Clark, Ellery H.

Being exceedingly doubtful on this occasion, therefore, the very cautious Shan-se adopted the more prudent and uncompromising attitude, and smiling acquiescently, he raised both his hands with a self-deprecatory movement.

From The Wallet of Kai Lung by Bramah, Ernest