Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Expressing admiration or wonder.
- noun The point of exclamation or admiration (!).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Relating to or expressing admiration or wonder.
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- adjective Characterized by
admiration .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am making my way back to the kitchen when the spirit of my friend's home takes hold and a string of playful words escapes me, falling from my lips in one admirative gasp:
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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I am making my way back to the kitchen when the spirit of my friend's home takes hold and a string of playful words escapes me, falling from my lips in one admirative gasp:
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I am making my way back to the kitchen when the spirit of my friend's home takes hold and a string of playful words escapes me, falling from my lips in one admirative gasp:
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Je ne connais ton blog que depuis très peu de temps, mais je suis admirative devant ces belles recettes et ces photos toujours sublimes.
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It is maintained by Mr. Arthur Edmund Brae, and by Dr. Ingleby, that "cheer" as a shout of "admirative applause" did not come into use until the latter part of the last century.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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Puisqu'il faut bien tenir la balance égale et faire une place aux ronchonneurs à côté des soupirs d '"une admiration stupéfaite d'être si admirative", voici donc une autre réflexion très rapide sur la décision de BHO de remplacer Petraeus par McChrystal, - non, pardon, McChrystal par Petraeus … Elle est de Andrew Sullivan, sur son site personnel de
Dedefensa 2010
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J'ai passé un long moment à me promener par ici, et je suis admirative de tant de tlent.
{capture the moment} 2008
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09 November 2007 at 06:59 AM who are these painful,pathetic, over admirative people that read your sorry blog?
I'm okay, Eurotrash 2005
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September 23, 2011