remonstrant
adjective
remonstrating; expostulatory.
remonstrantly
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a word derived from
remonstrant.
Example Sentences
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Mother," said Deronda, remonstrantly, "don't let us think of it in that way.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
Recovering himself after a minute or so—"Almost thou persuades! me to be a Christian," he said aloud, shaking his head remonstrantly at the distant church, while tears started to his busy, politely inquisitive eyes.
From Deadham Hard by Lucas Malet
"But when she saw the good that might come of staying—" said Dorothea, remonstrantly, looking at Lydgate as if he had forgotten the reasons which had just been considered.
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
My dear fellow," said Newman, remonstrantly, "what child's play!
From The American by Henry James
"My last night at home, Vix," he said remonstrantly; "I really ought to dine with my mother."
From Vixen, Volume I. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
