believe
verb (used without object)
to have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
believingly
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a word derived from
believe.
Example Sentences
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A whole generation later, General Booth wrote: “Throughout the world no people will pray more fervently and believingly for your continued life and happiness than the officers and soldiers of the salvation army.”
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by John Morley
For Mr. Horne I take your testimony gladly and believingly.
From The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 by Robert Browning
"Sister Nell, they sure will—particularly the last-named one—the mad love," chimed in Bo, mischievously, yet believingly.
From The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey
We reverently and believingly accept the teaching of Scripture as to the depravity of man.
From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
She smiled into the night, and her heart called believingly.
From Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown
