单词 | disapprovingly |
释义 | disapprovinglyadv. In a disapproving manner; in a way that conveys or implies disapproval. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adverb] unfavourably1460 frowningly1556 unhappily1623 badly1660 disapprovingly1759 avertedly1867 pejoratively1890 old-fashioned1911 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 116 When he speaks disapprovingly of the great, he generally means the court. 1832 Examiner 646/1 I have spoken disapprovingly of the method. 1860 C. J. Ellicott Hist. Lect. Life Our Lord v. 229 (note) The opinion..is noticed, not disapprovingly, by Lightfoot. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism i. i. 6 The Potter press..snubbed the militant suffragists..and frowned wholly disapprovingly on the strikers. 1974 E. Bowen Henry & Other Heroes vii. 143 She disapprovingly referred to this interest of mine as ‘that horrible fisting which you will outgrow’. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane v. 104 Mrs Suri tutted disapprovingly, muttered something unintelligible and then hung up the phone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1759 |
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