reproachablyadv.
/rᵻˈprəʊtʃəbli/, U.S. /rəˈproʊtʃəb(ə)li/, /riˈproʊtʃəb(ə)li/ In a reproachable or blameworthy manner.
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1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Lasterlicken,..Reproachably, or Blameably.
1756 Conduct of Ministry 42 The government..were not so ill informed as hundreds, that do not believe what they publish, have dared to assert; nor will they be found so reproachably negligent in their preparations.
1800 Raleigh Reg. & N.-Carolina Weekly Advertiser 8 Apr. With respect to wool—the farmers of the United States are reproachably negligent.
1979 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 27 646 A..third-party forfeiture is permissible only if the owner..has reproachably acquired the property with knowledge of a potential crime.
2000 Charlotte (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 7 May c4 Even more reproachably, I found that some candidates offer up all kinds of false promises just to get elected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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