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reproachfully
[ ri-prohch-fuh-lee ]
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.
Other Words From
- un·re·proach·ful·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of reproachfully1
Example Sentences
“The eyes were very big and she looked so sadly and reproachfully at me that I could read in her eyes, ‘Oh, Anne, why have you deserted me?
“Every man’s business,” said Wemmick, rather reproachfully towards me, “is portable property.”
In the wake of my Great File Purge, those cabinets loom reproachfully in my garage.
Inside the building, stickers mark the two designated seats on each pew, while ushers patrol the aisles, gesturing reproachfully for masks lowered under chins to be promptly raised.
Then again, she had done nothing at all but look at him, first reproachfully, and then with undisguised hatred.
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