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

2. in a trustful manner

  Familiarity information: TRUSTFULLY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUSTFULLY (adverb)

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)