All 4 Uses of
reprove
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Mr Kernan said with reproof.†
Chpt 6 *reproof = criticism
- The sweet creature turned all colours in her confusion, feigning to reprove a slight disorder in her dress: a slip of underwood clung there for the very trees adore her.†
Chpt 14reprove = criticize
- THE DAUGHTERS OF ERIN: Kidney of Bloom, pray for us Flower of the Bath, pray for us Mentor of Menton, pray for us Canvasser for the Freeman, pray for us Charitable Mason, pray for us Wandering Soap, pray for us Sweets of Sin, pray for us Music without Words, pray for us Reprover of the Citizen, pray for us Friend of all Frillies, pray for us Midwife Most Merciful, pray for us Potato Preservative against Plague and Pestilence, pray for us.†
Chpt 15reprover = someone who criticizes
- Mild, benign, rectorial, reproving, the head of Don John Conmee rises from the pianola coffin.†
Chpt 15reproving = criticizing or critical
Definition:
express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner