She's defiant and she won't back down complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. ["Why Do Liberals Hate Ann Althouse?"] Reference
My Son was treated very complaisantly by Dr. Noel, and by a. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778] Reference
I Should be treated however complaisantly enough, I doubt not. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 19 June 1783] Reference
The Burman curled himself up on the floor and smiled complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery] Reference
"Let yours show but the greater wrath," advised the king, complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
He invited Alonzo to his house, and he could not complaisantly refuse the invitation. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
Miss Arabella asked me after her, when I withdrew to my chamber; to which she complaisantly accompanied me. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
If he calls at our House you will please to receive him complaisantly and thank him for your Present of Pins. From Wordnik.com. [Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 30 July 1775] Reference
But he bows complaisantly to his competitors; thus he ascends the hall, descends, and exacts the forfeit of drinking. From Wordnik.com. [The Analects] Reference
"Not so bad with the use of one arm only," he muttered complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [Wilmshurst of the Frontier Force] Reference
She complaisantly approved of all he said and tried to look delighted. From Wordnik.com. [His Masterpiece] Reference
"Not bad," agreed Ross complaisantly, for the view was no stranger to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War] Reference
He took the boy by the coat and blinked at him complaisantly for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy] Reference
"Then we can still find something to teach thee, Alleyne," said the Abbot complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [The White Company]
What she does not know is that you, her son, should have listened to them so complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot] Reference
The morning dawned on Cragsnook quite as complaisantly as if the night had shed nothing but joy. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening] Reference
Napoleon occupied the little apartments, and complaisantly made me notice their extreme elegance. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I] Reference
But Germans are generally mild and facile in their tempers; so the light was complaisantly extinguished. From Wordnik.com. [Note Book of an English Opium-Eater] Reference
I was made to drink two dishes, with milk, complaisantly urged by the pretended ladies helping me each to one. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6] Reference
Page 124 complaisantly, that in a town filled with little peddling shops, his doors were thronged with customers. From Wordnik.com. [Narratives of Colored Americans,] Reference
The fathers made a shift to waddle after, as fast and as complaisantly as they were able, but were soon distanced. From Wordnik.com. [Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents] Reference
In the cab, as the Malletts jolted home in the care of the same surly driver, Caroline complaisantly spoke of her congratulations. From Wordnik.com. [The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing] Reference
To meet this new objection, Francis complaisantly published another ordinance (on the twenty-third of July. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
Jorana's fingers fluttered complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Howling Stones]
No, not so; for they complaisantly carry the bone for him. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2] Reference
"Well," said I, complaisantly, "you apply words better than I applied them. From Wordnik.com. [Devereux — Complete] Reference
He dismissed me very complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [Devereux — Complete] Reference
And complaisantly helped to all I hate. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on Man] Reference
And complaisantly help'd to all I hate. From Wordnik.com. [The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2] Reference
"Oh! no doubt," answered Helene complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Episode] Reference
Bywater? "asked he, complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Channings] Reference
"Ah!" said Mr. Tutt complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [By Advice of Counsel] Reference
Many a cupful quaffing complaisantly). From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
"Just so," said Clarence, complaisantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Bank Messenger] Reference
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