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resignedly

ADVERB
  1. in a hopeless resigned manner
    she shrugged her shoulders abjectly
  2. with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner
    resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted

How To Use resignedly In A Sentence

  • Resignedly, his face pale, Zac Deight started to call, all too aware of the dazer a yard from his face. Starship
  • He turned his face resignedly back to the path, just in time to avoid tripping over a protuberant root.
  • 'I suppose you're right,' she said resignedly.
  • Mum resignedly started hunting around for something that looked like an “edger” while Dad began to get exasperated with the waiting. Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters
  • Henry disengaged himself from his flight and resignedly returned home.
  • I walked at once to the door, and Mr. Fairlie resignedly "tinkled" his hand-bell. The Woman in White
  • The dog-eyed man shambled resignedly away in search of a new target.
  • French and Irish yawns are very similar, the only difference being, that whereas the Frenchman finishes the yawn resignedly, and springs to his legs, the Irishman finishes it with an energetic gasp, as if he were hurling it remonstratively into the face of Fate, turns round again and shuts his eyes doggedly -- a piece of bravado which he _knows_ is useless and of very short duration. The Young Fur Traders
  • Far from waiting around resignedly for Christ's arrival, millenarians believed the godly Christian must prepare for Christ's advent by building paradise on earth.
  • Mammy sighed resignedly, beholding herself outguessed. Gone with the Wind
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