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DISAPPROVINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disapprovingly mean?
• DISAPPROVINGLY (adverb)
The adverb DISAPPROVINGLY has 1 sense:
1. showing disapproval
Familiarity information: DISAPPROVINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Showing disapproval
Context example:
he shook his head disapprovingly
Antonym:
approvingly (in an approving manner)
Context examples
I heard the name of Mr. Brocklehurst pronounced by some lips; at which Miss Miller shook her head disapprovingly; but she made no great effort to check the general wrath; doubtless she shared in it.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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