appraisingly
- a word derived from appraise.
Example Sentences
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He looks at me more appraisingly, but he’s smiling.
From The Guardian • Mar. 31, 2019
Watch how their quick glances take in their surroundings, defensively and appraisingly, as they venture on tiptoe into Agnes and Tobias’s hallway.
From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2014
“We’re about the same age, right?” a woman asks me, appraisingly, after a reading.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 7, 2014
She means this, with all her dear innocent teenaged heart. Roland looks at Ginger appraisingly, patronizingly.
From Time • Mar. 15, 2013
Teddy stood over the two stacks of discs and looked down appraisingly at them.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
