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Meanings of possessive way in English

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Usage of possessive way in English
1
He'd seen the possessive way Joe touched Gabrielle, and he'd witnessed them kissing that morning.
It Must Be Love
2
Aside from the somewhat possessive way he took my hand, he was polite and cordial.
Nocturnal
3
I did not mean that in a possessive way.
Wrangling the redhead
4
And Dr. Morgan noticed, judging by the possessive way he stared at my now-heaving breasts.
Succubi like it hot
5
Like the almost possessive way he said "my Stephen," it could have been patronizing.
Out of the dark
6
That Alicia should still treat him in that domestic, possessive way-andin Diana's presence-wasreally intolerable.
The Testing of Diana Mallory
7
What else would send him scuttling to the other side? Now he, too, edged close to Priam in a possessive way.
Helen of troy
8
If we cared for women in the old barbarous possessive way do you suppose we'd give them up as readily as we do?
The Custom of the Country
9
She orders tea in a motherly style and makes no secret of her relationship with Matthew, calling him 'love' in a breezily possessive way.
The Guardian
10
The possessive way he stroked Polly's hair, and the little lean forward while Miss Bethel was talking-hewanted us out of town, I realized.
Karen Memory
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