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TRUSTFULLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trustfully mean?
• TRUSTFULLY (adverb)
The adverb TRUSTFULLY has 2 senses:
1. with trust; in a trusting manner
Familiarity information: TRUSTFULLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With trust; in a trusting manner
Synonyms:
confidingly; trustfully; trustingly
Context example:
she looked at her father trustingly
Antonym:
distrustfully (with distrust)
Pertainym:
trustful (inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a trustful manner
Context example:
his mouth grinned trustfully
Pertainym:
trustful (inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust)
Context examples
They often ran about the forest alone and gathered red berries, and no beasts did them any harm, but came close to them trustfully.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
When Agnes laid her bonnet on the table, and sat down beside her, I could not but think, looking on her mild eyes and her radiant forehead, how natural it seemed to have her there; how trustfully, although she was so young and inexperienced, my aunt confided in her; how strong she was, indeed, in simple love and truth.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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