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He fretted her because he would do nothing, and this spectacle of a lover beloved, but consenting to be mystified, consentingly paralyzed:—of a lover beloved—!

From Sandra Belloni — Complete by Meredith, George

The broker looked vastly disappointed, but smiled consentingly.

From Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life by Beard, Harry

"But early in the year perhaps," she went on, consentingly, as she looked at her daughter's happy blushing face.

From Horace Chase by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

"I come up," said Flor, consentingly, and quite as if he had got the better of the discussion.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 by Various

Not until she repeated that it was all right and nodded her head consentingly did he go to the bone.

From The Valley of the Moon by London, Jack