approvingly en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English approving Middle English -ly English -ly English approvingly From approving + -ly.
Meanings
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In an approving manner.
In his classicising Troilus and Criseyde, set with pagan aplomb in ancient Troy, he approvingly quotes the rhetorician Geoffrey of Vinsauf’s New Poetics.
2012, Barbara Newman, “Ailments of the Tongue”, in London Review of Books, volume 34, number 6:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more approvingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most approvingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
ru одобри́тельно (in an approving manner) · pt aprobatoriamente (in an approving manner) · uk схва́льно (in an approving manner) · es con aprobación (in an approving manner) · pt aprobativamente (in an approving manner) · pl aprobująco (in an approving manner) · fr approbativement (in an approving manner) · pl aprobatywnie (in an approving manner)