Approvingly

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an approving manner wordnet

Synonyms

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allowinglyallowinglyfavorablyhighlywellyes

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"The audience applauded approvingly."

Etymology

From approving + -ly.

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