appreciatively

English

Etymology

From appreciative +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌˈpɹiʃəˌtɪvli/

Adverb

appreciatively (comparative more appreciatively, superlative most appreciatively)

1. In an appreciative manner.
   • 1954 [1948], Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot […] , New York: Grove Press, translation of En attendant Godot, page 12:

     ESTRAGON: I've forgotten. (Chews.) That's what annoys me. (He looks at the carrot appreciatively, dangles it between finger and thumb.) I'll never forget this carrot. (He sucks the end of it meditatively.) Ah yes, now I remember.

Translations

in an appreciative manner

• Portuguese: apreciativamente