reproachfully

Definition of reproachfullynext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reproachfully
Adverb
  • Rosenbury notes disapprovingly that there was a petition to rescind Kirk’s invitation.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Trump wrote, referring disparagingly to its defense capabilities under Denmark.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • This exchange yielded them two critically important pieces of new information.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Patrick Gary Schlegel, 34, of Sahuarita, was shot and critically injured, according to authorities.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • 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
Adverb
  • Under the contract, McGraw is barred from using any footage identified by the mayor’s office as compromising public safety, revealing investigatory techniques or portraying NYPD unfavorably.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Courts look unfavorably on people who receive assets and then immediately file for bankruptcy protection, after all, and doing so could lead to your bankruptcy being denied altogether.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • The New York of the nineteen-eighties was, warily, a city in transition.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • So Tehran is likely eyeing these developments very warily.
    Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Adverb
  • The barely disguised soullessness with which AI leaders operate, perhaps, has provided a window for entrepreneurs to peddle a more humane message, in good faith or not in good faith, naively or cynically.
    Frank Landymore, Futurism, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Fairly or unfairly, genuinely or cynically, questions about Mamdani and Israel—and Palestine, and Jews, and faith, and war, and peace—appear likely to continue.
    Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Reproachfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reproachfully. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.

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