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
"Well, Hannah, my dear, I think so too, and I have thought so for the last week, only I did not like to hurry you," said Reuben acquiescently.
From Ishmael Or, In the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
He nodded acquiescently and spent some twenty minutes in wandering about the library; then he settled down with a book.
From In Jeopardy by Sutphen, Van Tassel
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.
