subdue
verb (used with object)
to conquer and bring into subjection.
subduingly
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a word derived from
subdue.
Example Sentences
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Persis murmured, subduingly; and Miss Mather subsided like a retreating thunder-storm.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
