Deprecatingly
[deprәkeitiŋli]
Definition
(adv.) In a deprecating manner.
Edited by Lelia
Examples
- I know, I know, said Lydgate, deprecatingly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I had hardly got it to my eye when someone touched me on the shoulder and said deprecatingly: I'll have to get you to give that to me, Sir. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They're young, you know, sir--they're young, said he deprecatingly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No, said Caleb, lifting his hand deprecatingly; I am ready to believe better, when better is proved. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The barman waved back deprecatingly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Edited by Lelia