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副詞

purringly (comparative more purringly, superlative most purringly)

1. With a purring noise or tone.
   • 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Book 1, Chapter 12,^[1]

     A little travelling clock ticked purringly at her elbow […]

   • 1935, Lloyd C. Douglas, Green Light, London: Pan Books, 1966, Chapter 13, p. 196,^[2]

     And Dr. Norwood, purringly pleased and self-conscious as a cat caught in the cream, had replied, “Indeed?” with such unsuccess at casualness that he had hastened to add in a confidential tone, “It was a great day for me, Sonia.”