Webster's 1828 Dictionary
APPROVING
ppr. Liking; commending; giving or expressing approbation.
APPROVING
a.Yielding approbation; as an approving conscience.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
APPROVING
APPROVING Ap *prov "ing, a.
Defn: Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap *prov "ing *ly, adv.
New American Oxford Dictionary
approving
ap prov ing |əˈpro͞oviNG əˈpruːvɪŋ | ▶adjective showing or feeling approval of someone or something: the wine drew approving comments from across the table. DERIVATIVES ap prov ing ly adverb
Oxford Dictionary
approving
ap ¦prov |ing |əˈpruːvɪŋ | ▶adjective showing or feeling approval of someone or something: the wine drew approving comments from across the table. DERIVATIVES approvingly adverb
Oxford Thesaurus
approving
approving adjective Gina paused to pass her approving gaze around the rest of the room: admiring, appreciative, appreciating, favourable, respectful, esteeming, commendatory, commending, applauding, acclamatory, acclaiming, praising, flattering, congratulatory, rapturous; formal encomiastic, eulogistic, laudatory, panegyrical. ANTONYMS critical.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
approving
ap pr ó v ing 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗賛成の ; 満足そうな 〈反応 意見 笑顔など 〉(↔disapproving ).～ly 副詞
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