Shrinkingly


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Shrink´ing`ly


adv.1.In a shrinking manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Thus he requires constant watching, and the worst of it is, you dare not draw attention to his mistake, he is so shrinkingly sensitive about it.
The child uttered a suppressed shriek on beholding this agreeable figure; in their first surprise both she and the old man, not knowing what to say, and half doubting its reality, looked shrinkingly at it.
She stood, shrinkingly, before him, as if she were afraid to meet his eyes; but her passionate sorrow was quite hushed and mute.