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Definition of Protestingly
1. adv. By way of protesting.
Definition of Protestingly
1. Adverb. unwillingly, with protests ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protestingly
Literary usage of Protestingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton (1913)
"Undine muttered, her brows lowering like her father's; and Mrs. Spragg, wheeling
about to screen her daughter, addressed herself protestingly to the half- ..."
2. South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 by Ernest Henry Shackleton (1920)
"The frozen gear worked protestingly, but after a struggle our little craft came
up to the wind again, and we breathed more freely. ..."
3. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year by Edwin Emerson, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Maurice Magnus (1901)
"... which he had sworn to support, and to yield protestingly to the powers only
after actual threats of war. The device was rejected as too transparent. ..."
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