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shrinkingly

adverb as in fearfully

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Example Sentences

With wolfish eyes he saw her white hand close shrinkingly over the dead one on the table.

Kite (shrinkingly) replies, “Oh I was only singing of the great Khakake, it is he who is said to fly so high.”

Bos'n looked shrinkingly at Mr. Smith's unshaven cheeks and then at Captain Cy.

At last she laid her hand shrinkingly on mine, and I grasped it firmly.

She took it, and they went together, shrinkingly, into the presence of the dead.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shrinkingly, such as: nervously, timidly, apprehensively, diffidently, in alarm, and in fright.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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