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objurgatively

/ɒbˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)ɡətɪvli/

objurgatively adverb: in an objurgative or reproving manner.

Adverb

objurgatively (comparative more objurgatively, superlative most objurgatively)

  1. in an objurgative or reproving manner
    • The foolish Patient still at intervals continued to break in on our discourse, which rather promised to take a philosophic turn: “But I have lost my appetite,” said he, objurgatively, with a tone of irritated pathos; “I have no appetite; I can't eat!”1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. IV, Happy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker)

Forms of objurgatively

comparativemore objurgatively
superlativemost objurgatively

Origin of objurgatively

From objurgative + -ly.

Questions about objurgatively

What does objurgatively mean?
Objurgatively means in an objurgative or reproving manner.
What part of speech is objurgatively?
Objurgatively is an adverb.
How do you pronounce objurgatively?
Objurgatively is pronounced /ɒbˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)ɡətɪvli/.

Words near objurgatively in the dictionary

  1. objurgates
  2. objurgating
  3. objurgation
  4. objurgations
  5. objurgative
  6. objurgatively
  7. objurgator
  8. objurgatorily
  9. objurgators
  10. objurgatory
  11. objuring

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