yieldingly
IPA: jˈiɫdɪŋɫi
adverb
- In a yielding way.
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Examples of "yieldingly" in Sentences
- “All right,” he said, looking at her weakly and yieldingly.
- And the fall hurt Perry a little, even accustomed as he was to the taking of blows yieldingly.
- Her figure swayed forward yieldingly as if she would give herself into the keeping of the sun-drenched, pine-soaked air.
- "It's a very ticklish business, this, Mr. Steger," put in the sheriff, yieldingly, and yet with a slight whimper in his voice.
- I remember closing my eyes an instant, yieldingly, consciously, as before the excess of something beautiful that shone out of the blue of her own.
- For what he loved above all, and all along, was art that is yieldingly attentive to the life of its materials and to particular sensations of reality.
- “A little more — a little more,” said she, petulantly touching his hand with the forefinger, to make him incline the cup more generously and yieldingly.
- The ballet's central pas de deux, to music Britten named "Sentimental Sarabande," effectively shows off Ms. Mearns and Mr. Angle -- she, yieldingly; he, ardently.
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