And Sally and Polly upbraidingly remind me of my first attempts upon themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
It is kind to keep me in countenance for this womanish weakness, as Mowbray has been upbraidingly calling it, ever since he has been with me: and in so doing, (whatever I might have thought in such high health as he enjoys,) has convinced me, that bottle-friends feel nothing but what moves in that little circle. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Mind, I don't speak this upbraidingly, because I know that you didn't know where. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1] Reference
"Quid Romæ faciam?" he upbraidingly asks in one of his title-pages, "mentiri nescio.". From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
"I supposed you were to leave things in my hands," he said, a little upbraidingly, to her. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Girl in Old Quebec] Reference
I recalled my promises of reform and preached to myself persuasively, upbraidingly, exhaustively. From Wordnik.com. [Roughing It] Reference
The king seems to have received him upbraidingly, and not to have been altogether sure either of his guilt or innocence. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
Now he warbled half-angrily or upbraidingly, then coaxingly, then cheerily and confidently, the next moment in a plaintive, far-away manner. From Wordnik.com. [Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers] Reference
A few moments later as I stood there panting, and with the perspiration standing out upon my forehead, another door seemed to have been opened, and I heard a quick angry voice speaking loudly and upbraidingly. From Wordnik.com. [Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea] Reference
He has, by his own confession, kept a letter of mine unopened three weeks, afraid, he says, to open it, lest I should speak upbraidingly to him; and yet this very letter of mine was in answer to one, wherein he informed me that an alarming illness had alone prevented him from writing. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb] Reference
Niheu worked and toiled without success until, in despair, he exclaimed, upbraidingly, "Thy work is not work; it is slavery. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends] Reference
'"My aunt saw him, likewise: but, as she was not so familiar with his person as to have no doubt, she first watched and then questioned me: though, as she upbraidingly told me, she needed only to have enquired of my looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hugh Trevor] Reference
Richard upbraidingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Talisman] Reference
Richard, upbraidingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Talisman] Reference
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