Obeyingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Adverb
  1. 1
    obediently rare

    "'Doan put de light on man, a want to sleep,' she said. Jeff obeyingly let his hand fall away from the light switch."

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"'Doan put de light on man, a want to sleep,' she said. Jeff obeyingly let his hand fall away from the light switch."

Etymology

From obeying + -ly.

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