sustainingly
Example Sentences
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His hand closed firmly, sustainingly, upon her elbow.
From The Bars of Iron by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Winch replied—which made it right again; especially as our friend still felt himself reassuringly and sustainingly grasped.
From The Finer Grain by Henry James
But, even while she felt thus, she condemned herself for the feeling; and strove—with how little effect!—to walk sustainingly by the side of her husband.
From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
After which, sustainingly, "I'm 'Mitchy,'" our friend stated.
From The Awkward Age by Henry James
"It is my province to stand, sustainingly, by your side; not to hang upon you, a dead weight."
From The Two Wives Or, Lost and Won by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
