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APPROVINGLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an approving manner
Example:
she nodded approvingly
Classified under:
Antonym:
disapprovingly (showing disapproval)
Pertainym:
approving (expressing or manifesting praise or approval)
Context examples:
He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American—a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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