as in reproachfully
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Recent Examples of disapprovingly
Rosenbury notes disapprovingly that there was a petition to rescind Kirk’s invitation.
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Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disapprovingly
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Trump wrote, referring disparagingly to its defense capabilities under Denmark.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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Fatsis quotes a Britannica editor comparing Wikipedia, disparagingly, to a public rest room—a comparison that’s not entirely wrong.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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For nearly two decades, the health of this urban waterway has been tracked, and data show unusually high salt concentrations, which are likely negatively impacting the local ecosystem.—
Cutter Martin,
CBS News,
6 Jan. 2026
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With about six minutes remaining in the second half, fans reacted unfavorably to a foul call against Spartans forward Jaxson Kohler.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Older Western societies are presented as inherently illiberal, to be contrasted unfavorably with the perfectly liberal society promised by the prophets of the progressive future.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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More than a century of overfishing, industrialization, and hatchery mismanagement has brought several populations of salmon and their close relative the steelhead to critically low levels in the Pacific Northwest.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, retirement savings remain critically important, especially with the questions surrounding the sustainability of Social Security benefits.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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In Petro’s telling, right-wing politicians throughout the world have cynically used immigration as a wedge issue.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2026
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And it’s only gotten harder, because in America our current government has quite purposefully and cynically co-opted a lot of conspiratorial thinking to muddy the waters to further their own cultural and political project.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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So Tehran is likely eyeing these developments very warily.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
3 Jan. 2026
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Israel has regarded the new authorities in Syria warily since the fall of former President Bashar Assad in a lightning offensive led by Islamist insurgents in December 2024.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Nov. 2025
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Martinez is guardedly optimistic that, despite the grim statistics in Fresno — where, on average, 25 pedestrians a year are killed — his hometown can one day replicate Hoboken’s success.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Disapprovingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disapprovingly. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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