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Answer for the clue "Assenting nonverbally ", 7 letters:
nodding

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Word definitions for nodding in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act by which one nods. vb. (present participle of nod English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sign of assent or salutation or command the act of nodding the head [also: nodding , nodded ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nod \Nod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nodded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Nodding .] To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head. To signify by a nod; as, to nod approbation. To cause to bend. ...

Usage examples of nodding.

Abiard was looking at me, and nodding absently as if his mind were somewhere else, which it probably was.

I saw the seated Volunteers nodding at her as if they understood her better than those ranged around them.

Sincil saw that flowers appeared in the field, tall and short, purple and pink and red, hidden among the grasses or nodding above them.

She looked at Aine, who was nodding a little bashfully as Eorna praised her to Cualha.

She nodded, once, and I knew that every person in that audience thought she was nodding at him.

Indeed, a few wags in the audience were nodding and saying it with her.

I said, nodding toward a passage leading out of another part of the wall.

His silver gauntlets curled around the stone of the battlement as he leaned forward, nodding happily at the men below.

She stood there nodding as she listened, and when they were done she turned to Lukien and winked at him from across the hall, as if she knew he was there all along.

Finally Benrian screamed, breaking into a chorus of sobs and wildly nodding his head.

Colonel Tark swept his hand over his dwindled army, who began nodding agreement.

He could almost see Kara standing before him, nodding with that sad, knowing smile of hers.

She reached the far side of the ward and entered the tower, nodding to the guards there as she did.

Yaella started toward her mount, nodding to the men as she passed among them.

He glanced at Keziah and Gershon before nodding once more to the duke and Grinsa.