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dissentingly

  • a word derived from dissent.
    dissent
    verb (used without object)
    to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed byfrom ).

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Hankes shook his head dissentingly, but made no reply.

From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever

Paten shook his head dissentingly; he was very far from feeling the combat an equal one.

From One Of Them by Charles James Lever

Conyers only shook his head dissentingly, and said nothing.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever

Paten shook his head dissentingly, but was silent.

From One Of Them by Charles James Lever

In the second, the slave-morality, it is the lamb which, looking up from the sward, bleats dissentingly: "Eating lamb is evil."

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche