yieldingly

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English

Etymology

From yielding +‎ -ly.

Adverb

yieldingly (comparative more yieldingly, superlative most yieldingly)

  1. In a yielding way.
    • 1602, William Warner, “The Eight Booke. Chapter .”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: , 5th edition, London: Edm Bollifant for George Potter, , →OCLC, page 202:
      He tooke her in his armes, as yet ſo coyiſh to be kiſt / As Mayds that knovv themſelues belou'd and yeeldingly reſiſt.
    • 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIV, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC:
      A sudden stillness came on them both, a sense of something momentous that must happen. Flory reached across and took her other hand. It came yieldingly, willingly.
    • 1974, Angela Carter, “The Smile of Winter”, in Fireworks, London: Virago, published 1988, page 44:
      The wet sand is as dark and more yieldingly solid than fudge and waking across a panful is a promenade in the Kingdom of Sweets.

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