protestinglyadv.
/prəˈtɛstɪŋli/, U.S. /prəˈtɛstɪŋli/, /proʊˈtɛstɪŋli/ In a protesting manner; with opposition or reluctance.
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adverb]
protestingly1758
remonstratingly1829
deprecatingly1836
remonstrantly1872
deprecatorily1873
deprecatively1879
expostulatingly1883
expostulatively1888
1758 New Atalantis (ed. 2) 86 The Italians are so profoundly respectful, and so protestingly tedious, that more of the ceremonial is to be met with amongst them than any thing else.
1877 H. James American xvii. 308 Newman assented protestingly, let his friend go, and then betook himself to the picturesque little apartment in the Rue d'Anjou.
1888 R. Dowling Miracle Gold I. vii. 125 She looked at him protestingly.
1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 704/2 Offering Bell some light refreshment, which he first protestingly refuses and then coyly accepts.
1958 J. Kesson White Bird Passes vii. 106 I don't want to go out by the side door, she thought protestingly. I want them all to see me.
2004 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 16/2 Fifty years ago, Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis was published and something called the Angry Young Man was, slowly, protestingly, born.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1758- to make —— sense
- to make, a livelihood
- to make, do waste
- to make, drop a curtsy
- to make, fetch up, make up leeway
- to make, give, have no charge
- to make, knit, or tie a knot
- to make, knit, or tie a knot in
- to make, or cut, a splash
- to make, or give a visit
- to make, or pay a visit
- to make, pay, present, send compliments
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- to make, set tryst
- to make, shoot a shot
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- to make, take up one's lodging
- to make, take, etc, stall
- to make, use, expedition
- to man
- to man it out
- to man out
- to man the capstan
- to man up
- to manage a person out of