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disapprovingly

/dɪsəˈpɹuvɪŋli/ adv

In a disapproving manner

Word Origin From Latin probare 'to test, prove' — to approve something is to test it and find it good. Disapprove is the reversal: to test and find it not good. So disapprovingly means in a manner that shows you've tested and rejected. The root probare also gives us prove, proof, probity (honesty, tested character), and even probation (a testing period). The dis- prefix flips the approval, and the -ly makes it an adverb. A great example of how testing something leads to judgment.

adv In a disapproving manner

She looked at him disapprovingly when he arrived late to the meeting.

(副词) 不赞成地；反对地

当他迟到参加会议时，她不赞成地看着他。

(adverbio) De manera desaprobatoria.

Lo miró desaprobadoramente cuando llegó tarde a la reunión.

(adverbe) d'un air désapprobateur; avec désapprobation; désapprobativement [D'un air désapprobateur, en manifestant son désaccord ou sa réprobation.]

Elle l'a regardé disapprovingly quand il est arrivé en retard à la réunion.

(Adverb) missbilligend; tadelnd [auf eine missbilligende oder ablehnende Weise; mit einem Ausdruck von Tadel oder Kritik]

Sie sah ihn **disapprovingly** an, als er zu spät zur Besprechung kam.

(副詞) 非難するように、難色を示して。

彼が会議に遅刻してきたとき、彼女は非難するような目で彼を見た。

(advérbio) desaprovadoramente; com desaprovação; de modo reprovador [De maneira desaprovadora.]

Ela olhou para ele com desaprovação quando ele chegou atrasado à reunião.

Synonyms: critically reproachfully unfavorably condemnatorily Antonyms: approvingly favorably supportively approvingly
Word parts: dis + approv + ing + ly

Common collocations

at prep look verb say verb be verb stare verb of prep

Related words

disapprove disapproval approve approval approvable unapproved disprove disproof reproof

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