remonstrantlyadv.
/rᵻˈmɒnstr(ə)ntli/, U.S. /rəˈmɑnstrən(t)li/, /riˈmɑnstrən(t)li/ Now rare.
In a remonstrant manner; remonstratingly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [adverb]
snobberlya1300
reprovinglya1382
rebukingly1442
increpatively1483
rebukefully1531
scoldingly1548
chidingly1552
checkinglya1627
reprehensively1631
objurgatorily1659
remonstratingly1829
admonitorily1845
remonstrantly1872
objurgatively1897
chasteningly1901
the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adverb]
protestingly1758
remonstratingly1829
deprecatingly1836
remonstrantly1872
deprecatorily1873
deprecatively1879
expostulatingly1883
expostulatively1888
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch IV. viii. lxxvi. 240 ‘But when she saw the good that might come of staying ——’ said Dorothea, remonstrantly.
1882 C. C. Hopley Snakes i. 28 Its legs..kicking remonstrantly.
1905 G. B. Shaw Irrational Knot ii. ix. 176 ‘Marian!’ he said, still remonstrantly. She looked at him with sudden dread.
1929 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 13 Sept. 6/1 Remonstrantly the Prodigal speeds to town.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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