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
My dear fellow," said Newman, remonstrantly, "what child's play!
From The American by Henry James
“But I shall pay for it,” he said remonstrantly.
From A Woman's Will by I. H. (Isaac Henry) Caliga
"Now, now, now!" exclaimed Briscoe remonstrantly, rising and coming toward the hearth.
From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Douglas Duer
"Can you really afford this, Helena?" she asked remonstrantly, as the hack slid down the steep hill.
From The Californians by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
