objurgatively

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/ɒbˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)ɡətɪvli/

adverb

in an objurgative or reproving manner

Scrabble 29

Meanings

adverbobjurgatively (comparative more objurgatively, superlative most objurgatively)

comparative more objurgatively · superlative most objurgatively

  1. 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!”

    1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. IV, Happy”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker)

Origin

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APA

objurgatively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objurgatively

MLA

“objurgatively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objurgatively. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “objurgatively,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/objurgatively.

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