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  • She had spoken up to this moment without vehemence or outward sign of emotion, gently, reasoningly, only trying to explain.

    Washington Square 2003

  • "I'm not here because I think this is reasoningly or le­gally the right thing to do," the young human said,

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • I entreat you to let me finish, and to consider what I say calmly and reasoningly.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • I entreat you to let me finish, and to consider what I say calmly and reasoningly.

    Nor Crystal Tears Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1982

  • “All I want is an even break,” Manuel said reasoningly.

    The Short Stories Ernest Hemingway 1953

  • It is characteristic of a Sussex man that he always knows best; though all the masters of all the colleges should assemble about him and speak reasoningly of Selmeston he would leave the congress as incorrigible and self-satisfied a Simsonian as ever.

    Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas

  • "But, Susan, there's nothing we can do about it," he said reasoningly, hanging up his overcoat, blandly ignorant that her irritation came largely from his failure to fall in with her conception of the moment as a tragic one.

    The Squirrel-Cage Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • 'No, no, I want to stay here -- I like this place,' he replied, very gently and reasoningly.

    A London Life and Other Tales Henry James 1879

  • He subdued it so far as to cloak it in an attempt to speak reasoningly, as angry men sometimes deceive themselves in doing, despite the good maxim for the wrathful -- speak not at all.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • He subdued it so far as to cloak it in an attempt to speak reasoningly, as angry men sometimes deceive themselves in doing, despite the good maxim for the wrathful -- speak not at all.

    Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868

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