accusingly


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ac·cuse

(ə-kyo͞oz′)
v. ac·cused, ac·cus·ing, ac·cus·es
v. tr.
1. To charge with a shortcoming or error.
2. To charge formally with a wrongdoing.
v. intr.
To make a charge of wrongdoing against another.

[Middle English acusen, ultimately (party via Old French acuser) from Latin accūsāre : ad-, ad- + causa, lawsuit; see cause.]

ac·cus′er n.
ac·cus′ing·ly adv.
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Adv.1.accusingly - in an accusing manneraccusingly - in an accusing manner; "he looked at her accusingly"
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accusingly

[əˈkjuːzɪŋlɪ] ADV [say] → en tono acusador
she looked at me accusinglyme lanzó una mirada acusadora
she pointed at Derek accusinglyseñaló a Derek con un dedo acusador
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accusingly

[əˈkjuːzɪŋli] adv [say, ask] → d'un ton accusateur; [look, point] → d'un air accusateur
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

accusingly

adv say, lookanklagend
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accusingly

[əˈkjuːzɪŋlɪ] advcon fare d'accusa
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There was a query in her voice, and she faced me accusingly, as though I were guilty of the deed, or at least a party to it.
She did not say `How do!' as usual, but at once began to cry, talking very fast in her own language, pointing to her feet which were tied up in rags, and looking about accusingly at everyone.
"How long have you known it?" he asked, a trifle accusingly.
Higginbotham went on accusingly. "An' he'll croak in the gutter the same way.
"Here, you, Wi-wi, what name that?" Harriwell bellowed, pointing accusingly at the omelet.
Who can forget the picture of Angela Merkel - surrounded by the leaders of Japan, Canada, the UK, France, and Italy - standing behind a table, with both hands forcefully supporting her, as she leans over accusingly to a seated Donald Trump opposite?
A friend whom I wish every year without fail for several decades now recently rang me up and said accusingly, "How could you of all people forget my birthday this year?"
Hashmatollah Falahatpisheh, chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, went on to say: "If the Russian air defense worked properly, Israel would not be able to launch strikes over Syria easily." He added accusingly, "There seems to be some form of coordination between the Zionist regime's strikes and Russia's air defense system in Syria."
Mr X looked accusingly down at his fidgeting daughter, whose reddening cheeks confirmed his suspicions.
It hung hushed and still, and yet as I looked at it, t's deathly silence screamed accusingly, 'She's gone!' I had not wished her goodbye when I'd left for America a few weeks back.
One of the things that has occurred to me this last week -- besides the idea of moving alone to a cabin in northern Siberia or offering myself as a sacrifice to some Amazonian tribe -- is that it used to be the woman's "past" that was vilified, ogled over and deliciously relished, her evil "secrets" always grimly and accusingly revealed without mercy.