Meaning of avertedly | Babel Free

Definitions

In an averted manner; turned away.

Examples

“[…] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner.”

“Maybe it was because they were looking down avertedly like that, trying to avoid the sound of the clock.”

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