resignedly

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And yet, you seem to be resignedly unimpressed; all of your follow-up posts seem to be in the form of shrugs and harrumphs.

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Quick take

with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted"

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adverb

with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted"

adverb

in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for resignedly.

adverb

with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted"

adverb

in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly"

Example sentences

And yet, you seem to be resignedly unimpressed; all of your follow-up posts seem to be in the form of shrugs and harrumphs.

If your laptop gets low, do you resignedly go back to your safe table, or do you stay on your couch, like a god damned American.

" I work on a project, realize how much work will be needed, resignedly go on with it, something new comes along...you get the idea.

It's possible to understand the nature and purpose of the European project and still, resignedly, vote "leave".

I'm not sure it's necessarily more negative as that people who resignedly accepted the current situation are seeing that the "new normal," while not 100% remote in most cases, is probably often not going to be entire teams working together in one location.