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unprotestingly

unprotestingly adverb: without protest.

Adverb

unprotestingly (comparative more unprotestingly, superlative most unprotestingly)

  1. Without protest.
    • The suspect unprotestingly allowed the police to lead him away.
    • The blowfly was her next victim, but an unexciting one. Pulling off its legs, she placed it with the hornet, and both lay side by side unprotestingly.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 168

Forms of unprotestingly

comparativemore unprotestingly
superlativemost unprotestingly

Origin of unprotestingly

From unprotesting + -ly.

Questions about unprotestingly

What does unprotestingly mean?
Unprotestingly means without protest.
What part of speech is unprotestingly?
Unprotestingly is an adverb.

Words near unprotestingly in the dictionary

  1. unprotestantized
  2. unprotestantizes
  3. unprotestantizing
  4. unprotested
  5. unprotesting
  6. unprotestingly
  7. unprotonated
  8. unprototypical
  9. unprotracted
  10. unprotruded
  11. unprotruding

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