yieldingly
- a word derived from yielding.
Example Sentences
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And the fall hurt Perry a little, even accustomed as he was to the taking of blows yieldingly.
From Winner Take All by Evans, Larry
I remember closing my eyes an instant, yieldingly, consciously, as before the excess of something beautiful that shone out of the blue of her own.
From The Turn of the Screw by James, Henry
Matilda was beginning to whimper yieldingly, when a knock sounded at their door.
From No. 13 Washington Square by Scott, Leroy
“No one but you could have said a thing like that,” she observed mildly, yieldingly.
From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold
"Do—do you so much mind, then?" she asked yieldingly.
From The Tigress by Warner, Anne
