unprotestingly
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8.4
- adverb
- /ˌʌnprəˈtɛstɪŋli/
- The audience received the critique of their performance unprotestingly, understanding it was meant to help them improve.
Examples
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I followed unprotestingly through the corridors, whose harsh lighting and sterile air only emphasized their emptiness.
Fiction book (2000) -
The workers accepted the new safety rules unprotestingly, even though they disagreed with some of them.
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She nodded unprotestingly as her boss outlined the company's new policies during the meeting.
Synonyms
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6.9
Not showing any complaint and accepting what happens quietly
Antonyms
How Protested
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6.0
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8.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
unprotestingly = protestingly (transparent) = un + protest + ing + ly
The word is a straightforward negation of 'protestingly', with the meaning built compositionally from un- + protest + -ing + -ly.
Etymology
The word unprotestingly breaks into un- 'not' and protest 'show objection', with -ing and -ly added to make it describe how something is done. So, it means doing something without showing any protest or complaint.