reprovingly
- r in a reproving or reproachful manner
she spoke to him reprovingly
- Few days later George Hanson reported to the State Department in Washington, was promptly haled before a conclave of senior officials who looked reprovingly at him down their .
- But as this chorus of national indignation mounted, a familiar, Cambridge-accented voice rang out reprovingly.
- Replied Delegate Vishinsky reprovingly: "Bad temper.