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Obediently

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o·be·di·ent  (-bd-nt)
adj.
Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oboedins, oboedient-, present participle of oboedre, to obey; see obey.]
o·bedi·ent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.obediently - in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking"
yieldingly
disobediently - in a disobedient manner; "he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do"
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