reprovinglyadv.
/rᵻˈpruːvɪŋli/, U.S. /rəˈpruvɪŋli/, /riˈpruvɪŋli/ In a reproving manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb]
snobberlya1300
reprovinglya1382
rebukingly1442
increpatively1483
rebukefully1531
scoldingly1548
chidingly1552
checkinglya1627
reprehensively1631
objurgatorily1659
remonstratingly1829
admonitorily1845
remonstrantly1872
objurgatively1897
chasteningly1901
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Wisd. ii. 12 Þe riȝtwis man..repreuyngly [Douce 369(1) repreuendeli] putteþ [a1425 L.V. vpbreidith; L. improperat] to vs þe synnes of lawe.
1804 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1803 2 v. 412/1 We noticed a work which professed to treat of South Wales, and were impelled to speak reprovingly of its author.
1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 567/2 She..shook her head reprovingly.
1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance iii. 41 ‘No need to fly off the handle,’ he told me reprovingly.
1998 N. Lawson How to Eat (1999) 476 Whenever people over a certain age talk about shepherd's pie they point out reprovingly that it should be made from meat which is already cooked.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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