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Lane assentingly but more happily observed: "Yes: though she seems to be standing on this side of the counter, she is perhaps really standing on the other."

From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace

Helmar nodded assentingly, and yet, with a twinkle in his eye, he could not resist the temptation to reach forward and pick up from the bed the volume of Sterne.

From The Carleton Case by Clark, Ellery H.

“That’s true also,” again observes Miss Wynn, assentingly, and with an admirable sang froid, which causes surprise to the companion.

From Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye by Reid, Mayne

"With his bandages, yes, he does look comical," she said, assentingly.

From Dorothy and other Italian Stories by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

But one is simply in the hands of such a reader and appreciator as you—one yields even assentingly, gratefully and irresponsibly to the current of your story and consistency of your case.

From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry