ADMIRINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does admiringly mean? 

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

1. with admiration

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADMIRINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With admiration

Context example:

he looked at his wife admiringly

 Context examples 

"A beauty, a perfect beauty," he murmured admiringly under his breath.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“There's the man for me!” cried the cook admiringly.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

It was as if I had seen her admiringly and tenderly embracing Dora, and tacitly reproving me, by her considerate protection, for my hot haste in fluttering that little heart.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"You're looking good," Martin said admiringly, "and you've put on weight."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“And since I've took to general reading, you've took to general writing, eh, sir?” said Mr. Omer, surveying me admiringly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The three men surrounded Martin, all talking admiringly and at once, until it seemed to him that they were talking against time for a wager.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Brissenden looked at him pityingly and admiringly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Martin looked at him admiringly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jim looked at him admiringly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"That dog?" He looked at it admiringly. "That dog will cost you ten dollars."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)