What does upbraidingly mean?
Upbraidingly means So as to upbraid; scoldingly..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
So as to upbraid; scoldingly..
He hears the horses--they have broken their tethers--he can hear them whinnying, upbraidingly, far off.
And then--there lay the heart of the worry, proving him only too likely a graceless jealous middle-age curmudgeon, a senile sentimentalist, thus did he upbraidingly mock himself--were there not signs of Damaris developing into a rather thorough paced coquette?
Use upbraidingly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Upbraidingly means So as to upbraid; scoldingly..
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He hears the horses--they have broken their tethers--he can hear them whinnying, upbraidingly, far off.
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