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Mr. Eliot, in his “Survey of the Needs of Education,” speaks appreciatingly of his father’s having caused him to learn carpentry and wood-turning.

From The Women of Tomorrow by Hard, William

Ailworth nodded appreciatingly, now and then, and Doak even slapped his knee once and giggled aloud.

From The New Boy at Hilltop by Barbour, Ralph Henry

Framed against the black background of the hall, his dark, rather handsome face clearly revealed as he fronted the window, his black, audacious eyes fixed appreciatingly upon the lady, stood "Black Bart" Hawley.

From Keith of the Border by Parrish, Randall

As we rode out to receive the Wilson cattle the next morning, Uncle Lance took advantage of the occasion to jolly Nancrede further about the senior member of the firm, the foreman smiling appreciatingly.

From A Texas Matchmaker by Adams, Andy

And I consider it to have been no small indication of the capacity of my wife's intelligence, that she so clearly and appreciatingly recognised and measured the distance between her friend's intellect and her own.

From What I Remember, Volume 2 by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus