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- adverb With an appearance or attitude of
defeat .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Arabs protest in one loud shout, then defeatedly scurry back to an ever-shrinking existence.
Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out? Sharmine Narwani 2011
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Arabs protest in one loud shout, then defeatedly scurry back to an ever-shrinking existence.
Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out? Sharmine Narwani 2011
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Arabs protest in one loud shout, then defeatedly scurry back to an ever-shrinking existence.
Sharmine Narwani: The New Middle East Narrative -- Is Washington in or Out? Sharmine Narwani 2011
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They're vibrant and funny: enjoying their golden years, not defeatedly wading through them.
Golden Girl 2010
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He looked at me stoically for a few seconds and then nodded and mumbled somewhat defeatedly, "I guess I can't argue with that."
Cynthia Boaz: What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America." 2009
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For example, the chapter on the Cold War shows a Big Mac rattling sabres with a pile of Beef Stroganoff and then skulking off-screen defeatedly.
Food Fight! The History of War in Food « Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog 2008
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Or, if you're us, you'll defeatedly stare at the screen so closely while playing Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst that your eyes will start to hum and you'll lose all vision for upwards of 20 minutes.
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I say more gently, and he defeatedly slides his hand into mine.
Perfect Match JODI PICOULT 2002
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I say more gently, and he defeatedly slides his hand into mine.
Perfect Match JODI PICOULT 2002
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I say more gently, and he defeatedly slides his hand into mine.
Perfect Match JODI PICOULT 2002
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