Resignedly Definition & Meaning

resignedly
adverb
  1. with resignation and acceptance; in a resigned manner; "resignedly, I telegraphed back that it was all right with me if he insisted"
  2. in a hopeless resigned manner; "she shrugged her shoulders abjectly"

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