yielding
adjective
inclined to give in; submissive; compliant.
yieldingly
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a word derived from
yielding.
Example Sentences
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Her figure swayed forward yieldingly as if she would give herself into the keeping of the sun-drenched, pine-soaked air.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
"It's a very ticklish business, this, Mr. Steger," put in the sheriff, yieldingly, and yet with a slight whimper in his voice.
From The Financier, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
"A little more—a little more," said she, petulantly touching his hand with the forefinger, to make him incline the cup more generously and yieldingly.
From Villette by Charlotte Brontë
It was wrong, I know," replied Katey yieldingly; "yet Heaven knows it was no pastime.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
"Well, it only makes fifty apiece," Francie yieldingly smiled.
From The Reverberator by Henry James
