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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x1)
- «You promised!» she said reproachfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x2)
- The dog looked reproachfully at its empty bowl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x3)
- The Rat spoke reproachfully to Toad. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x4)
- He glanced reproachfully at his little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x5)
- The teacher shook her head reproachfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x6)
- He looked at her reproachfully, and said: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.555/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reproachfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reproachfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.