Upbraidingly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to upbraid; scoldingly.

    "He hears the horses--they have broken their tethers--he can hear them whinnying, upbraidingly, far off."

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"He hears the horses--they have broken their tethers--he can hear them whinnying, upbraidingly, far off."

Etymology

From upbraiding + -ly.

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