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Definition of Deprecatingly
1. adv. In a deprecating manner.
Definition of Deprecatingly
1. Adverb. In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates; disapprovingly ¹
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Definition of Deprecatingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprecatingly
Literary usage of Deprecatingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"... and carry them with difficulty. Gilt, and Mar. (their arms full of flowers).
0 ciel! Girls. Buon' giorno, cavalieri I Gin. and Mar. (deprecatingly) ..."
2. The Savoy Opera and the Savoyards by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1899)
"(deprecatingly). Siamo gondolier!. (to FIA. and VIT). Signorina, io t' amo ! ...
(deprecatingly). Gondolier!! Poveri gondolieri! ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"He shook his head deprecatingly; but still it was soothing to hear all this,
after having duly protested against it. "Oh, it is no use denying it," she ..."
4. The Cloister and the Hearth: Or, Maid, Wife, and Widow; a Matter-of-fact Romance by Charles Reade (1861)
"He took water from the fountain and was about to throw it in her face ; but she
put up a white hand deprecatingly : ' Nay, hold it to my brow with thine ..."
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