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They spoke low, watching sheepishly whether any one was listening, and snickering suppressedly together.

From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.

William Oliver, seated next to Susan, was unashamedly asleep, and Susan, completing the quartette, looked dreamily from face to face, yawned suppressedly, and wrestled with "The Right of Way."

From Saturday's Child by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

I have dropped my small and unwilling kiss on father's forehead—and said "good-night" in a tone as suppressedly hostile as his own.

From Nancy by Broughton, Rhoda

"I know it," replied Beatrice, suppressedly, "but how does that concern this?"

From Riven Bonds. Vol. II. A Novel, in Two Volumes by Werner, E.

Giles had not before observed her, and his eyes now suppressedly looked his pleasure, without the embarrassment that had formerly marked him at such meetings.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas