Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
unprotestingly

unprotestingly

8.4
Without complaining or saying no when asked
  • adverb
  • /ˌʌnprəˈtɛstɪŋli/
translation icon : sin protestar
  • The audience received the critique of their performance unprotestingly, understanding it was meant to help them improve.

Examples

  • 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.

  • She nodded unprotestingly as her boss outlined the company's new policies during the meeting.

Synonyms

unprotesting
vsunprotestingly
6.9

Not showing any complaint and accepting what happens quietly

is the adverbial form focusing on the manner of not objecting

Antonyms

protestingly
6.0

In a way that shows you do not agree

How Protested

unprotestingly
8.4

Surface Forms

unprotestingly positive

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.