admiringad‧mir‧ing /ədˈmaɪərɪŋ $ -ˈmaɪr-/ adjective [usually before noun] 
- All the same Richard was aware that more than one young man cast admiring glances in her direction.
- And it brought Joy more than admiring glances - her cute car also led to romance.
- Both have contended with disease and suffering, and have been seen as near-saints by a grateful and admiring public.
- Conversely an admiring glance, a word of praise or an encouraging smile provide rewards for conformity to social norms.
- Force Gill has two fine waterfalls which would earn an admiring patronage if they were better known.
- Nutty watched on tenterhooks as Hoomey took in his new situation: the centre of an admiring crowd.
- On these occasions the children, suitably primed, could be paraded before their admiring parents.
- She envisioned the admiring glances of guests as they noted the sculptural perfection of the two McKintosh chairs poised in the foyer.
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admiring glances—admiringly adverb