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suppliantly

adverb

as in politely

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Latter-day stars politely shrug off the comparisons; fans are chastened by having witnessed how fame — and a craving for control — undid their favorite performer.

— Bianca Betancourt, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Suggest a timeline, assign a task, or ask the question everyone keeps politely avoiding.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of politely

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Two inspectors knocked on doors and spoke courteously to surprised visitors who displayed booking contracts on their phones, the inspectors’ bodycam footage showed.

— Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
When a visitor arrives in a classroom, a classroom ambassador welcomes them, introduces himself and the subject being taught, and courteously asks for the visitor’s name and affiliation.

— Walter Fields, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2026

Definition of courteously

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That option that would require Clancy to be civilly committed to a psychiatric facility, maybe indefinitely.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Those held by Customs and Border Protection near the border, or by ICE in the country’s interior, are civilly detained for the purpose of removal proceedings.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of civilly

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When Spock respectfully refuses to mind meld and remove the codes by force, Reeger points a phaser at Kirk and threatens to kill him.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
It is noted by one agent that, even though there are players Liverpool would happily have sold this summer and last, Hughes and his staff preferred to treat them respectfully rather than subject them to the ‘bomb squad’ treatment some clubs prefer.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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