What does objurgatively mean?
Objurgatively means in an objurgative or reproving manner.
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/ɒbˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)ɡətɪvli/ · adverb
in an objurgative or reproving manner.
The foolish Patient still at intervals continued to break in on our discourse, which rather promised to take a philosophic turn: “But I have lost my appetite,” said he, objurgatively, with a tone of irritated pathos; “I have no appetite; I can't eat!”
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Objurgatively means in an objurgative or reproving manner.
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The foolish Patient still at intervals continued to break in on our discourse, which rather promised to take a philosophic turn: “But I have lost my appetite,” said he, objurgatively, with a tone of irritated pathos; “I have no appetite; I can't eat!”
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