Apologetic
[əpɒlə'dʒetɪk] or [ə,pɑlə'dʒɛtɪk]
Definition
(adj.) offering or expressing apology; 'an apologetic note'; 'an apologetic manner' .
Editor: Michel--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Alt. of Apologetical
Checker: Trent
Definition
adj. excusing: regretfully acknowledging: said or written in defence.—adv. Apologet′ically.—n. Apologet′ics that branch of theology concerned with the defence of Christianity. It falls under the two heads of natural and revealed theology—in the former it proves the existence of God of the soul in man a future state; in the latter the canonicity inspiration and trustworthiness of Scripture.
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Examples
- Or even if I any ways should want a wink or two,' added Sloppy, after a moment's apologetic reflection, 'I could take 'em turning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He lifted his eyes, when he saw his master, with a half-deprecating, apologetic air. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Not, adds Mr. Snagsby with his apologetic cough, that I mean to say a word against the profession I get my living by. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The meeting was said to have been embarrassing to both, and the conversation was principally apologetic. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So challenged, many of the monarchs became apologetic and fussily useful. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hitherto there had always been something apologetic about the army man in England. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Snagsby, with much bowing and short apologetic coughing, takes his leave, lightened in heart. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Lizzie merely answered this difficult question with an apologetic glance. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The old man, with an apologetic action of his head and hands, as not comprehending the master's meaning, addressed to him a look of mute inquiry. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- When Barnwell began to go wrong, I declare that I felt positively apologetic, Pumblechook's indignant stare so taxed me with it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I feel sincerely apologetic, my dear Mortimer, but nothing comes. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I felt quite apologetic for Traddles. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In fact, Franklin was rather apologetic in reference to the magic squares and circles, with which he sometimes amused hi s leisure, as a sort of ingenious trifling. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Being a great reader of all kinds of literature (and never at all apologetic for that weakness), he sat down comfortably to read. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Editor: Lora