SOLICITOUSLY Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

solicitously

adverb

as in deferentially

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Adverb

Precedent thus gave the judge reason to deferentially review settlement terms.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 May 2026
Scorsese shoots them beautifully and deferentially.

— Matt Weinstock, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026

Definition of deferentially

Adverb

Soon There is an art to respectfully negotiating on prices at estate sales, Robbins explains, and asking for a discount too soon isn’t the way to go.

— Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
Glen’s family is deeply shocked and heartbroken by this tragic loss and respectfully requests privacy at this extremely difficult time.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 July 2026

Definition of respectfully

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But there’s so much decorously, Homerically faithful story swirling around these two figures, glimpsed mostly in passing—and so many men around them, doing seriously manly stuff—that neither role registers.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 15 July 2026
The article, decorously, didn’t mention making money.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

Definition of decorously

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Jurges gallantly refused to press charges, and Popovich was released from custody.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Harry Potter…Such a Gentleman At the famed Tonys afterparty at the Carlyle Hotel, Daniel Radcliffe gallantly held his the train of his partner Erin Darke’s dress, while balancing a Diet Coke in his other hand.

— Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026

Definition of gallantly

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Instructions for pickup are discreetly communicated to health-care workers, soldiers, politicians, and cops, but word quickly gets out and the medical depots are swarmed by armed citizens desperate to save themselves.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
For example, recommendations can be discreetly varied throughout the day based on real-time congestion levels, said Goldberg.

— Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026

Definition of discreetly

Adverb

Xi inherited a booming economy and has prudently built upon it, avoiding actions that jeopardize China's gains.

— Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Faced with rising costs and declining revenues, the North County Transit District is prudently reducing expenses by freezing open positions.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026

Definition of prudently

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