Both Uses
reprove
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
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- MARY Reprovingly.†
Act 1 *reprovingly = in a critical manner
- TVRONE Reproving and pitying.†
Act 3reproving = criticizing or critical
Definitions:
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(1)
(reprove) express disapproval or criticism -- typically in a mild manner & sometimes even in a friendly manner
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely (though often from Shakespeare), the form reproof describes punishment rather than merely criticism.