All 4 Uses of
reprove
in
Main Street
- "We haven't seen you at the library yet," Miss Villets reproved.†
Chpt 7 *
- She showed her decayed teeth in a reproving smile, and in the confidential voice of one who scents stale bedroom scandal she breathed: "I just don't see how folks can talk and act like they do.†
Chpt 15
- But all of the smart set went to the lawn-festivals of the Episcopal Church, and were reprovingly polite to outsiders.†
Chpt 30
- And my own son reproves me because I haven't given him religious instruction.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner