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admonishingly adverb uk /ədˈmɒn.ɪʃ.ɪŋ.li/ us /ədˈmɑː.nɪʃ.ɪŋ.li/ in a way that is intended to tell someone that they have done something wrong: She raised her finger admonishingly and I stopped talking immediately. He looked admonishingly at the boys over his glasses. She would frown at me admonishingly every time I made the slightest mistake in pronunciation. They pointed admonishingly at his camera and yelled at him to stop filming. The professor waved the single piece of paper under my nose admonishingly and said, "Do you call this an essay?" SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Chastising & rebuking admonishing admonitory barracking bawl bawl someone out carpet earbashing keelhaul lambaste lecture punchbag punching bag put someone in their placeidiom rap someone over the knucklesidiom read (someone) the riot actidiom reproachful shame spoken tear wigging |