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uncomplainingly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English uncomplaining Middle English -ly English -ly English uncomplainingly From uncomplaining + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an uncomplaining manner.
    • Then she would walk for hours, and though she had often to do so, Palmer would uncomplainingly draw rein, and slacken the horses' speed to her pace. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 255:

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most uncomplainingly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more uncomplainingly Degree=Cmp lexicographic