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reˈsignedly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2] In a resigned manner; with resignation; submissively.
1671Woodhead St. Teresa i. Pref. 19 She advised them, patiently, and resignedly, to bear this Cross. a1700Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 386 Lovers in their Arms resign'dly died. a1721Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) I. 79 Will any dog..Resin'dly leave his bitches and his bones, To turn a wheel? 1857W. Collins Dead Secret (1861) 251 To face resignedly the duties and the sacrifices which the discovery of it imposed on them. 1887Cornh. Mag. Mar. 277 The sports of the season..pass slowly and resignedly. |