admiration
noun
a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval.
admirative
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a word derived from
admiration.
Example Sentences
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It is maintained by Mr. Arthur Edmund Brae, and by Dr. Ingleby, that "cheer" as a shout of "admirative applause" did not come into use until the latter part of the last century.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various
A small, sly, admirative look came into her eyes.
From None Other Gods by Robert Hugh Benson
Then, mute, hardly emitting a few admirative interjections, they looked and contemplated.
From The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne
