SUPPLIANTLY Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

suppliantly

adverb

as in politely

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Among the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets in France on Tuesday were Paolina and Violette, eighteen and seventeen years old, arguing politely with a white-haired man sucking apple juice from a juice box.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
Kaya spoke first at the hearing, politely greeting the judge from a seat in front of a set of curtains.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 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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On Thursday, after an eight-day trial, a 10-person federal jury found that Plazas Vega was not civilly liable for Urán’s torture or extrajudicial killing.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
That option that would require Clancy to be civilly committed to a psychiatric facility, maybe indefinitely.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of civilly

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Everyone here almost too respectfully gives one another their turn to speak, the conversation rarely fomenting into argument or overlapping chatter.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 3 Oct. 2026
Without becoming defensive or overly apologetic, respectfully reinforce that your decision has already been made.

— Jasmine Johnson, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

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