Meanings
adverbapprovingly (comparative more approvingly, superlative most approvingly)
comparative more approvingly · superlative most approvingly
- In an approving manner.
In his classicising Troilus and Criseyde, set with pagan aplomb in ancient Troy, he approvingly quotes the rhetorician Geoffrey of Vinsauf’s New Poetics.
2012, Barbara Newman, “Ailments of the Tongue”, in London Review of Books, volume 34, number 6
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an approving manner
Opposite
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Origin
Translations
French approbativement
- approbativementin an approving manner
Polish aprobująco, aprobatywnie
- aprobującoin an approving manner
- aprobatywniein an approving manner
Portuguese aprobatoriamente, aprobativamente
- aprobatoriamentein an approving manner
- aprobativamentein an approving manner
Russian одобри́тельно
- одобри́тельно (odobrítelʹno)in an approving manner
Spanish con aprobación
- con aprobaciónin an approving manner
Ukrainian схва́льно
- схва́льно (sxválʹno)in an approving manner
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“approvingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approvingly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “approvingly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/approvingly.
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