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reproachfully

reproachfully adverb: in a reproachful manner.

Adverb

reproachfully (comparative more reproachfully, superlative most reproachfully)

  1. In a reproachful manner.
    • “Won’t you tell me a story, while we are resting?” asked the child. The Scarecrow looked at her reproachfully, and answered, “My life has been so short that I really know nothing whatever. […]1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Road through the Forest”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 45

Forms of reproachfully

comparativemore reproachfully
superlativemost reproachfully

Origin of reproachfully

From reproachful + -ly.

Questions about reproachfully

What does reproachfully mean?
Reproachfully means in a reproachful manner.
What part of speech is reproachfully?
Reproachfully is an adverb.

Words near reproachfully in the dictionary

  1. reproachers
  2. reproaches
  3. reproachest
  4. reproacheth
  5. reproachful
  6. reproachfully
  7. reproachfulness
  8. reproaching
  9. reproachingly
  10. reproachings
  11. reproachless

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