Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an accusatorial manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb By way accusation.
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- adverb By way of
accusation ; in an accusatorial manner; by means of a formalaccuser .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The question is often posed by drunk, drugged women, and it is always asked accusatorially, as if there is—honest to God—no reason to be angry.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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The question is often posed by drunk, drugged women, and it is always asked accusatorially, as if there is—honest to God—no reason to be angry.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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The question is often posed by drunk, drugged women, and it is always asked accusatorially, as if there is—honest to God—no reason to be angry.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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The question is often posed by drunk, drugged women, and it is always asked accusatorially, as if there is—honest to God—no reason to be angry.
Roseanne Archy Roseanne Barr 2011
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Courtroom dramas often include a scene where an antagonistic prosecutor points his finger at a defendant and asks accusatorially, "Why did you kill your partner?" implying that the person -- who has pleaded not guilty -- did kill the partner.
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A shirtless, belly scared, sag titted, (but nicely tanned) thousand year old man came up to me and accusatorially asked if a pile of trash (about 50 feet from us,) belonged to me.
Archive 2006-10-01 william wray 2006
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A shirtless, belly scared, sag titted, (but nicely tanned) thousand year old man came up to me and accusatorially asked if a pile of trash (about 50 feet from us,) belonged to me.
A WIP! and Shed and Los Feliz william wray 2006
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‘Have you lost weight?’ someone called, accusatorially across the office as I turned from the printer to return to my desk.
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‘Have you lost weight?’ someone called, accusatorially across the office as I turned from the printer to return to my desk.
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"You're forty minutes late, Pearl," she said more pityingly than accusatorially.
The Metrognome and other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990
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