acquiescentlyadv.
/ˌakwɪˈɛsntli/, U.S. /ˌækwiˈɛs(ə)ntli/ In an acquiescent manner; with acquiescence.
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the mind > language > statement > acquiescence > [adverb]
acquiescently1697
acquiescingly1821
the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adverb] > compliantly
complyingly1655
acquiescently1697
compliantly1818
acquiescingly1821
unprotestingly1851
1697 J. Humfrey Righteousness God iii. 37 Mr. Samuel Cradock..falls in with Sir Charles, and acquiescently receives the same Notion from him.
1800 tr. L.-P. Anquetil Summ. Universal Hist. VIII. 89 The people..acquiescently saw their late favourite hanged and burned.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lii. 76 Mirah smiled acquiescently, but had nothing to say.
1936 E. S. Bates Story of Congr. 1789–1935 ii. 39 Adams, in his message to Congress, stressed the need for further measures of defense, and Congress replied acquiescently.
2000 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 1 Oct. 32 She accepted the move [to a nursing home] acquiescently.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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