What does consentingly mean?
Consentingly means in a consenting manner, showing consent.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
in a consenting manner, showing consent.
It'll be more sociable," the masseuse suggested, lifting her bag to the table and covering its shiny onyx surface with bottles and polishers. Mrs. Spragg consentingly slipped the rings from her small mottled hands.
Yet, as he talked, Dosia became curiously aware that from his position directly across the room he was covertly watching her as she sat consentingly listening to George Sutton, whose round face was bending over very near, his thick coat sleeve pinning down the filmy ruffles of hers as it rested on the carved arm of the little sofa.
I know some who consentingly have acquired both profit and advancement from cuckoldom, of which the bare name only affrights so many people.
Use consentingly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Consentingly means in a consenting manner, showing consent.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It'll be more sociable," the masseuse suggested, lifting her bag to the table and covering its shiny onyx surface with bottles and polishers. Mrs. Spragg consentingly slipped the rings from her small mottled hands.
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