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OBEDIENTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an obedient manner

Example:

obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking

Synonyms:

obediently; yieldingly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

disobediently (in a disobedient manner)

Pertainym:

obedient (dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority)

Credits

 Context examples: 

I stopped obediently in my walk toward the galley.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Lying on the grass at the feet of the two young ladies, Mr. Brooke obediently began the story, with the handsome brown eyes steadily fixed upon the sunshiny river.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But she swung obediently on her heel into the wind.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Johnson turned obediently to the door, at the same time, over the cook’s shoulder, favouring me with an amazingly solemn and portentous wink as though to emphasize his interrupted remark and the need for me to be soft-spoken with the captain.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

At the stern order the buzz ceased, and fifty pairs of blue, black, gray, and brown eyes were obediently fixed upon his awful countenance.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A sailor stepped forward obediently.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)