unprotestinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈtɛstɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈtɛstɪŋli/ Without protest or objection; compliantly, acquiescently.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > consent > [adverb] > compliantly
complyingly1655
acquiescently1697
compliantly1818
acquiescingly1821
unprotestingly1851
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adverb] > compliantly
conformably1546
pliablya1631
complyingly1655
complaisantly1709
compliantly1818
unprotestingly1851
1851 ‘H. Murray’ Falkenburg II. viii. 162 Nor will I unprotestingly submit to be turned into a hero.
1953 R. Lehmann Echoing Grove 80 ‘I didn't realize she was so completely your kept woman.’ ‘She wasn't,’ he said unprotestingly.
2008 Economist 27 Sept. 33/1 He unprotestingly bowed out.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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