nod
verb (used without object)
to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
noddingly
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a word derived from
nod.
Example Sentences
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Hence when Mr. Brooke noddingly appealed to that motive, Sir James felt a sudden embarrassment; there was a stoppage in his throat; he even blushed.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
The senior shook his head incredulously; Iglesias shook his head noddingly.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 by Various
