remonstrate
verb (used with object)
to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
remonstratingly
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a word derived from
remonstrate.
Example Sentences
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“Auntie, auntie!” cried her nephew remonstratingly, “you mustn’t tell secrets; I never meant Amos to know anything about that.”
From Amos Huntingdon by Theodore P. Wilson
"What have you been telling him about me, you dreadful girl?" queried Miss Archer, shaking her head remonstratingly when this was repeated to her.
From Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Ella Cheever Thayer
Oh, never mind, Geordie," she said remonstratingly, "I'll do it myself in the morning.
From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by James C. Welsh
Nobody would go now," he said, remonstratingly, "and leave ground like that.
From A Girl of the Klondike by Victoria Cross
"Oh, not fat, my lord," murmured Simcox, remonstratingly.
From The Woman's Way by Charles Garvice
