Definition of "upbraidingly" [upbraidingly]

• So as to upbraid; scoldingly. (adverb)

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• "It is kind to keep me in countenance for this womanish weakness, as Mowbray has been upbraidingly calling it, ever since he has been with me: and in so doing, (whatever I might have thought in such high health as he enjoys,) has convinced me, that bottle-friends feel nothing but what moves in that little circle."
• "The vigilant wench was directed to them by seeing her lady take a letter out of her stays, and put it to the others, before she went out with me — afraid, as the women upbraidingly tell me, that I should find it there."
• "And Sally and Polly upbraidingly remind me of my first attempts upon themselves."