affirmatory

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He just closed his eyes in affirmatory reply, and passed on to the next apartment, which, like the drawing-room, was furnished without any regard for luxury.

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And, receiving an affirmatory nod from the preoccupied gambler, he went on.

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The foreigner made a vivid, surprised, affirmatory gesture.

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It is certain, Christophine consulted her Parish Clergyman on the affair; and got from him, as Saupe shows us, an affirmatory or at least permissive response.

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Her face turned pale for a moment and her lips trembled, but she spoke an affirmatory word only, and waited.

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