admiringly

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1. In an admiring manner.

   Fanny showed slow approval. 'Good on yer!' she said admiringly.

   1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 163

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   Holstein, the aged German supplier [...] stood shaking his head admiringly at the swag of milk-cans.

   1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 63

   ‘Strike!’ Splinter murmured admiringly, ‘what a joint for a party!’

   1960, J. E. Macdonnell, Don't Gimme the Ships, Melbourne: Horwitz Publications, page 139