Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a manner to gain approval; to an approved degree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb So as to secure
approbation ; in anapproved manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Males are consistently and approvedly discriminated against in multiple settings
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Wise Latinas Make Better Judges Than White Men? 2009
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Males are consistently and approvedly discriminated against in multiple settingsWhen I look at our government, the Executive, the Congress, and SCOTUS, the first thought that leaps into my mind is– damn, there are just too many women.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Wise Latinas Make Better Judges Than White Men? 2009
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Males are consistently and approvedly discriminated against in multiple settings.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Wise Latinas Make Better Judges Than White Men? 2009
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Males are consistently and approvedly discriminated against in multiple settings.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Wise Latinas Make Better Judges Than White Men? 2009
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Males are consistently and approvedly discriminated against in multiple settings.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Do Wise Latinas Make Better Judges Than White Men? 2009
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The all-prevailing impatience, discomfort, and weariness, the license of a holiday approvedly dedicated to folly, the quarrels incessantly arising out of a sharp elbow or an iron-shod heel, the fatigue of long waitingall conduced to give a tone of bitterness and acerbity to the clamor of this closely packed, squeezed, hustled, stifled throng long before the hour at which the ambassadors were expected.
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