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

"The Japanese decoration of the Rising Sun," said the Grand Duke, gravely and acquiescently bowing his head.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville

Smiling acquiescently, therefore, this person returned in their midst, and receiving a new weapon, his own club having been absent-mindedly mislaid, he again set forth warily to the encounter.

From The Mirror of Kong Ho by Bramah, Ernest

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