What does shruggingly mean?
Shruggingly means With a shrugging gesture..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
With a shrugging gesture..
But the young girl discards it, displeased by its scent, and the rose is tossed to the ground and hardly noticed by the student as he shruggingly steps over the nightingale’s body.
Use shruggingly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shruggingly means With a shrugging gesture..
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But the young girl discards it, displeased by its scent, and the rose is tossed to the ground and hardly noticed by the student as he shruggingly steps over the nightingale’s body.
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