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admiringly

ADVERB
gratefully
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
rudely thanklessly unappreciatively ungratefully




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“I never saw myself in politics until I saw him give that 2004 speech on the DNC floor,” El-Sayed admiringly declared of the keynote address that propelled Obama to national stardom.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

Mr. Woolfson also lingers admiringly on Har Gobind Khorana, a village clerk’s son in British India who went on to synthesize the first fully artificial gene in 1972.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

He has previously spoken admiringly of the agents and staff who help them.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Watching the game for Sky Sports, former Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher looked at the goal admiringly.

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

He was nodding slowly, admiringly, and I felt myself go warm all over, with pride, with a desire to be associated with Papa.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


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