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- adverb With
praise .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At the end of the play he praisingly accepts the role of Providence in his life, as having provided a more satisfactory answer to his dilemmas than he could have devised for himself.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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Cornsilk's dark, surprisingly mature eyes studied the warrior ap-praisingly-and with a total absence of fear.
Emperor of Ansalon Niles, Douglas 1993
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After a while she began to draw away from Billie, look indifferent when one of the girls spoke of her praisingly, slighted her in a hundred little ways that Billie herself could hardy put her finger on.
Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion Janet D. Wheeler
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Miss Lant, he was convinced, did not speak of her too praisingly.
The Nether World George Gissing 1880
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