reproachfully

adverb

re·​proach·​ful·​ly -fəlē 

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1

: in a reproachful manner

my hostess was annoyed … and looked at me reproachfully

—Maude Hutchins

2

obsolete : in a shameful or disgraceful manner

publicly and reproachfully executed

—Edward Hyde

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