appreciatively

Example Sentences

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He knew what he was saying when he wrote appreciatively to Edward Jenner, the English physician who discovered vaccination, that “medicine has never before produced any single improvement of such utility.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Now she waxes appreciatively about the beauty in John Adams’ writing.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2024

They laugh appreciatively at his ingenuity with the waffle iron.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

Fans also responded appreciatively to his off-balance rainbow from the baseline near the left corner.

From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Suddenly, she was right there before me, that busy, priggish, conceited little girl, and she was not dead either, for when people tittered appreciatively at “evanesce” my feeble heart—ridiculous vanity!—made a little leap.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan