Crossword clues for replying
replying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Reply \Re*ply"\ (r?-pl?"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Replied (-pl?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Replying.] [OE. replien, OF. replier, F. r['e]pliquer, fr. L. replicare to fold back, make a reply; pref. re- re- + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Replica.]
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To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
--Rom. ix. 20. (Law) To answer a defendant's plea.
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Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery.
Syn: To answer; respond; rejoin.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of reply English)
Usage examples of "replying".
Prince Andrew, without replying, asked the prince's permission to ride round the position to see the disposition of the forces, so as to know his bearings should he be sent to execute an order.
Natasha began, and without replying to Sonya's words of comfort she got into bed, and long after her candle was out lay open-eyed and motionless, gazing at the moonlight through the frosty windowpanes.
Pfuel only snorted contemptuously and turned away, to show that he would never demean himself by replying to such nonsense as he was now hearing.
Hrriss looked about cautiously before replying, and glanced at Todd for permission.
Kenny sucked on his lower lip for a moment before actually replying, and the hum of the machinery in her room seemed very loud.
She could even hear his deep voice replying to her puzzled query about Bollam.
On Steerforth's replying in the affirmative, she pushed a chair against it, and begging the assistance of my hand, mounted up, pretty nimbly, to the top, as if it were a stage.
On my replying to both these questions in the negative, it occurred to me that I fell again in her good opinion.
Peggotty seemed very much shocked at himself for having made a speech capable of this unfeeling construction, but was prevented from replying, by Peggotty's pulling his sleeve, and shaking her head.
On my replying no, she had not told me yet, Agnes became thoughtful, and I fancied I felt her arm tremble in mine.