approbative

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His supporters in New York, who range from Mayor Edward Koch to Philanthropist and Civic Leader Brooke Astor, also praise him in what has become an almost monotonously approbative Gregorian chant.

From Time Magazine Archive

Approbativeness has its pole directly outward from these corners, and hence the approbative laugh does not turn the corners of the mouth upward, but draws them straight back, or outwardly.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.

The new president of the university arose and eyed him with a peculiarly approbative and grateful gaze.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

"Ha!" said the stout man, and this time the exclamation was purely approbative.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis

He had both providence turning about the kingdom to him, and also the warrant of the Lord's approbative and preceptive will.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander