protestingly
- adverb
- /prəˈtɛstɪŋli/
:
protestando
- Protestingly, he flailed at their hands, but even to his own ears his voice held a quaver of weakness that appalled him.
Examples
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Ricky laughed protestingly and lifted his hands in the sign of the cross to ward off evil.
Fiction book (1991) -
Indeed, I am confident that Darwinism remains so popular—so screamingly, achingly, protestingly popular—less because of any genuine scientific merit than because its adherents
Blog text (25) -
The family moved and lived around that corpse as if it were just an object, one more useless object that Vicenta had to attend to protestingly.
Academic text (2007) -
She raised her voice protestingly when she heard the unfair decision from the judges.
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The student spoke protestingly when the teacher announced the sudden rule change.
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He left the meeting protestingly, expressing his disagreement with the proposed plan.
Synonyms
58
1.0
In a way that shows anger
16
5.4
In a bold way that shows you refuse to obey
2
7.5
In a forceful way that shows someone is ready to fight for a cause
In a way that shows you do not agree
In a way that shows you are unhappy or annoyed
Antonyms
How Vocal
Surface Forms
Morphology
protestingly = protesting (transparent) = protest + ing + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the participial base 'protesting' with '-ly', and its meaning follows directly from that base.
Etymology
Protestingly comes from protest, which originally meant 'declare publicly' and is related to words like testify and test that come from a root meaning 'to witness'. So, to do something protestingly is to show clear objection or disagreement, like openly saying 'I disagree'.