Deprecating
['dɛprəketɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deprecate
Edited by Antony
Examples
- He lifted his eyes, when he saw his master, with a half-deprecating, apologetic air. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- With a deprecating smile, the host gently raised and gently lowered his shoulders. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- But Mr Crich, pale and black-bearded and deprecating, came behind her, saying: 'Yes, I don't like you coming as late as this. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She laid a deprecating hand on her friend's. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I put up some of my books; I should not want them all; I sat and thought; and waitedinvoluntarily deprecating the creeping invasion of twilight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No, no, Adolph, he said, one day, as Adolph was deprecating the passing of power out of his hands; let Tom alone. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Lily rose from her seat with a deprecating laugh. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Oh, ELLEN-- she murmured, much in the same accusing and yet deprecating tone in which her parents might have said: Oh, THE BLENKERS--. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Why, Mas'r, said Sam, in a deprecating tone, I believe you mean to kill us all clar, horses and all. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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