objurgatively

English

Etymology

From objurgative +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɒbˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)ɡətɪvli/

Adverb

objurgatively (comparative more objurgatively, superlative most objurgatively)

  1. in an objurgative or reproving manner
    • 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):
      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!”
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