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In a flexible, bouncy, or springy manner.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Sandy resiliently turned toward the refrigerator, searching for more options.
  • Operate resiliently against physical and cyber-attacks, and natural disasters
  • And, of course, most resiliently, that videotaped beating in the French Quarter, which put the department under a harsh light.
  • Whatever she had experienced was too traumatic for her eight-year-old mind, and she was now working resiliently to lock it all away.
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