ACCUSINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accusingly mean? 

• ACCUSINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb ACCUSINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in an accusing manner

  Familiarity information: ACCUSINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCUSINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an accusing manner

Context example:

he looked at her accusingly

Pertainym:

accusing (containing or expressing accusation)

 Context examples 

"He's got it in him, I tell you, from his father," Mr. Higginbotham went on accusingly. "An' he'll croak in the gutter the same way. You know that."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

There was a query in her voice, and she faced me accusingly, as though I were guilty of the deed, or at least a party to it.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She pointed suddenly at me, and every one looked at me accusingly. I tried to show by my expression that I had played no part in her past.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"You did it, Tom," she said accusingly. "I know you didn't mean to but you did do it. That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen of a—"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)