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Definition of Appraisingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Appraisingly
Literary usage of Appraisingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"She took his face between both brown hands and observed him appraisingly. He,
poor man, with his arms otherwise engaged, was helpless. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1913)
"... the young man's parents and friends, and even the graduate who looks back
appraisingly over his college course, all can profit by reading this book. ..."
3. Text-book of Histology by Philipp Stöhr (1913)
"... till he made sure where they were bound for, and then stared appraisingly up
and down the shores, as if calculating the circuit of the water. ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
""Hold hard," says he, and looks me over appraisingly. "You know the rule of the
Auto-comrades' Union. We are supposed to associate with none but fairly able ..."
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