censorious
adjective
severely critical; faultfinding; carping.
censoriously
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a word derived from
censorious.
Example Sentences
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Now, if I went about censoriously scolding people for not talking the way I talk or thinking the way I think, I doubt anyone would want what I’ve got.
From Fox News ● May 7, 2020
And she minds terribly – is fearful "conservative" people will judge her mother censoriously.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 22, 2013
The blurred, black-and-white TV image of a New Jersey rock group, Joey Dee and the Starliters, performing “The Peppermint Twist” is interrupted censoriously by a sign reading “Please Stand By.”
From Time ● Oct. 5, 2012
Thus David S. Broder, contrasting Howard Baker's inept campaign in Maine with "the Howard Baker that Washington knows," concludes censoriously: "The man on the stump in this presidential campaign is a double who invites ridicule."
From Time Magazine Archive
Zooey turned around to look at her, somewhat censoriously.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
