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disapprovingly

disapprovingly adverb: in a disapproving manner.

Adverb

disapprovingly (comparative more disapprovingly, superlative most disapprovingly)

  1. In a disapproving manner
    • 'What did you give for that?'
      'A shilling, ma'am.'
      'Tst! tst! tst!' said the old lady, disapprovingly.1870, Juliana Horatia Ewing, “An Idyll of the Wood”, in The Brownies and Other Tales

Synonyms of disapprovingly

All synonyms of disapprovingly

Forms of disapprovingly

comparativemore disapprovingly
superlativemost disapprovingly

Origin of disapprovingly

From disapproving + -ly.

Questions about disapprovingly

What does disapprovingly mean?
Disapprovingly means in a disapproving manner.
What part of speech is disapprovingly?
Disapprovingly is an adverb.

Words near disapprovingly in the dictionary

  1. disapprovers
  2. disapproves
  3. disapprovest
  4. disapproveth
  5. disapproving
  6. disapprovingly
  7. disard
  8. disards
  9. disarm
  10. disarmament
  11. disarmaments

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