appreciatively

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English

Etymology

From appreciative +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʌˈpɹiʃəˌtɪvli/

Adverb

appreciatively (comparative more appreciatively, superlative most appreciatively)

  1. In an appreciative manner.
    • 1954 [1948], Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot , New York: Grove Press, translation of En attendant Godot, page 12:
      ESTRAGON: I've forgotten. (Chews.) That's what annoys me. (He looks at the carrot appreciatively, dangles it between finger and thumb.) I'll never forget this carrot. (He sucks the end of it meditatively.) Ah yes, now I remember.

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