[
UK
/əʊbˈiːdiəntli/
]
[ US /oʊˈbidiəntɫi, oʊˈbidjəntɫi/ ]
[ US /oʊˈbidiəntɫi, oʊˈbidjəntɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in an obedient manner
obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking
How To Use obediently In A Sentence
- The children whined, splashing each other and Knazarath a few more times, but then followed the guard to the bedroom obediently, if a bit noisily.
- I want to talk to the boss,’ I said disobediently.
- When ordered to do so, he obediently drank a cup of poisonous hemlock and calmly died, having declared that he did not fear death since he could not know it to be an evil.
- His voice was cultured Oxbridge, and the grim intent in that voice made Cardiff and Pearce stand obediently aside.
- His gray eyes glinted with an air of impatience as he offered a helping hand to another being, a small boy, his choppy brown locks sticking out disobediently in all directions as he was pulled back to his feet.
- Under the influence of the idea: "The haemorrhage is to stop", the unconscious had sent to the small arteries and veins the order to stop the flow of blood, and, obediently, they contracted _naturally_, as they would have done artificially at the contact of a haemostatic like adrenalin, for example. Maîtrise de soi-même par l'autosuggestion consciente. English
- My eyes disobediently traveled him up and down before I slid out the door.
- Obediently he trundled off towards Red Diamond's waist, where the starboard watch was gathered.
- When Haitian disobediently attempted to implement policies they had been elected to implement, they were undermined, and if necessary, kidnapped. Isabel Macdonald: Clinton Apologizes for U.S. Role in Destroying Haitian Democracy (Happy April Fool's Day!)
- Can the would-be veep be trusted to obediently follow a campaign script without setting off controversy with potentially explosive remarks?