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consentingly

consentingly adverb: in a consenting manner, showing consent.

Adverb

consentingly (comparative more consentingly, superlative most consentingly)

  1. in a consenting manner, showing consent
    • It'll be more sociable," the masseuse suggested, lifting her bag to the table and covering its shiny onyx surface with bottles and polishers. Mrs. Spragg consentingly slipped the rings from her small mottled hands.1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country
    • Yet, as he talked, Dosia became curiously aware that from his position directly across the room he was covertly watching her as she sat consentingly listening to George Sutton, whose round face was bending over very near, his thick coat sleeve pinning down the filmy ruffles of hers as it rested on...1894, Various, McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908

Forms of consentingly

comparativemore consentingly
superlativemost consentingly

Origin of consentingly

From consenting + -ly.

Questions about consentingly

What does consentingly mean?
Consentingly means in a consenting manner, showing consent.
What part of speech is consentingly?
Consentingly is an adverb.

Words near consentingly in the dictionary

  1. consentient
  2. consentiently
  3. consenting
  4. consenting adult
  5. consenting adults
  6. consentingly
  7. consentingness
  8. consentless
  9. consentment
  10. consentor
  11. consentors

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