Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a dissuasive manner.
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- adverb In a
dissuasive manner.
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Examples
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“Ah really, Countess!” murmured Madame Merle dissuasively.
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"But you do not know who or what she may be," I argued dissuasively.
The Doctor's Daughter [pseud.] Vera
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"Ah really, Countess!" murmured Madame Merle dissuasively.
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"Ah really, Countess!" murmured Madame Merle dissuasively.
The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 Henry James 1879
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There are far fewer safe havens for athletes to dodge out-of-competition tests, and, just as dissuasively, there are now protocols that allow test samples to be preserved and re-tested, even years later, with emerging technology.
NYT > Home Page 2009
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