appreciative
[uh-pree-shuh-tiv, -shee-uh-, -shee-ey-]
- feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.
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Origin of appreciative
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He drank it appreciatively and remarked that there was still no other he liked so well.
Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel OrganWilla Cather and Alfred Noyes
"You are a brave homme, Armand," said Madame la Generale, appreciatively.
A Set of SixJoseph Conrad
"It'll be good to have him around again," she said appreciatively.
Miss Pat at SchoolPemberton Ginther
"Thank you," he said, appreciatively, when the last button was fastened.
The Masked BridalMrs. Georgie Sheldon
“That boosts us up another fifty a week,” said Henry appreciatively.
RopeHolworthy Hall
appreciative
appreciatory
- feeling, expressing, or capable of appreciation
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Word Origin and History for appreciatively
appreciative
adj.
1650s (implied in appreciatively); see appreciate + -ive. Related: Appreciativeness.
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