reproachfully

[ri-prohch-fuh-lee]

adverb

1. in a way that expresses disapproval, blame, or censure.

   She did not answer, just looked at him reproachfully.

   A few of the other students glared reproachfully at me sitting in the back of the room.

Other Word Forms

• unreproachfully adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of reproachfully¹

reproachful ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“The eyes were very big and she looked so sadly and reproachfully at me that I could read in her eyes, ‘Oh, Anne, why have you deserted me?

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“Every man’s business,” said Wemmick, rather reproachfully towards me, “is portable property.”

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In the wake of my Great File Purge, those cabinets loom reproachfully in my garage.

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Inside the building, stickers mark the two designated seats on each pew, while ushers patrol the aisles, gesturing reproachfully for masks lowered under chins to be promptly raised.

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Then again, she had done nothing at all but look at him, first reproachfully, and then with undisguised hatred.

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