admiringly

“He controls 1.4 billion people with an iron fist,” he said admiringly of Xi.

“You and I have been fighting this for 25 years,” Biden told Sanders admiringly at their joint health care event in April.

Meanwhile, he has spoken admiringly about Russia's military prowess.

When he brings a book to the bar on the weekend, the proprietor tells him admiringly that he’s such an intellectual.

Former President Donald J. Trump has long spoken admiringly of police officers who use aggressive force on the job.