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reproachfully, adv.|rɪˈprəʊtʃfʊlɪ|
[-ly2.]
1. In a reproachful, reproving, († opprobrious or abusive), manner.
1548Elyot, Contumeliose, spitefully, reprochfully. 1567–9Jewel Def. Apol. (1611) 29 What hath the people so much offended you, that you should..so reprochfully report of them..? 1596Spenser F.Q. vi. xii. 27 Most of them..spake reprochfully, not caring where nor when. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 83 They cannot speak more reprochfully of any Host, then to say;..I did not eate my belly full there. a1714Sharp Serm. (1754) III. xi. 199 To speak a word against him, will be to talk slightly and reproachfully of him; as calling him a glutton, or a wine-bibber. 1838Lytton Alice i. iii, Why does she look reproachfully at me..if I attempt to draw her to the past? 1867Mrs. H. Wood Orville Coll. ix, George..glanced reproachfully at her as he turned.
2. Shamefully, disgracefully, contumeliously.
1593Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, ii. iv. 97 Shall I then be vs'd reproachfully? 1641Baker Chron. (1653) 125 William Bussey..is committed to the Tower of London, and most reproachfully used. 1668Clarendon Vindic. Tracts (1727) 49 Publickly and reproachfully executed and put to death. 1713Birch in Guardian No. 36 ⁋2, I do not know any sort of Wit that hath been used so reproachfully as the Pun. |