reproachfully

[ ri-prohch-fuh-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a way that expresses disapproval, blame, or censure:
She did not answer, just looked at him reproachfully.
A few of the other students glared reproachfully at me sitting in the back of the room.

"You say you won't fight to free Negroes," President Lincoln wrote reproachfully to a mass meeting in Illinois in 1863.

Planner looked at the letter, read it—then turned his eyes mildly and reproachfully upon his accuser.

Yes, even toward elevators—always remember the milk of human kindness, continued Flick, looking at Tootles reproachfully.

But the latter reproachfully answered her: "How have you the courage to mock a mother in the presence of her child!"

Lippo, seriously looking at him, said quite reproachfully, "Now you don't even see that we have apple-dumpling."

"And you've hid my gun somewhere where it can't be found," he said reproachfully.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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