reproachfully

«reproachfully» in Mova's school dictionary: disappointed with someone or blame them — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (reproachfully)

meaning for a pupil

In a way that shows you are disappointed with someone or blame them. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories characters look or speak reproachfully: the Rat speaks reproachfully to Toad. It shows quiet disapproval.

examples

• Mum looked at me reproachfully. tree →
• «You promised!» she said reproachfully. tree →
• The dog looked reproachfully at its empty bowl. tree →
• The Rat spoke reproachfully to Toad. tree →
• He glanced reproachfully at his little brother. tree →
• The teacher shook her head reproachfully. tree →
• He looked at her reproachfully, and said: tree →

note

From «reproach» (blame). Not angry, but disappointed.

In the corpora

• A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «reproachfully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.