judgmentally adverb disapprovinguk /dʒʌdʒˈmen.təl.i/ us /dʒʌdʒˈmen.t̬əl.i/ in a way that is too quick to criticize people: 爱评头论足地,动不动就批评人地 She looked over at me judgmentally.她挑剔地打量着我。 My relationship with him is too important for me to react judgmentally.我和他的关系太重要了,我不能过分地批评他。 See
judgmental We spent an hour judgmentally criticising the other parents We shouldn't react judgmentally toward others. He approached the subject non-judgmentally. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Feeling morally superior claim the moral high groundidiom de haut en bas holier-than-thou judgmental judgy moralistically pearl-clutching preachily preachiness preachy righteous righteously sanctimonious sanctimoniously sanctimoniousness self-righteousness superior superiority complex virtue signalling virtuous |