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Etymology
Etymology tree English deprecating Middle English -ly English -ly English deprecatingly From deprecating + -ly.
Meanings
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In a deprecating manner.
Quiet people too, for I think that about this time a sort of remorseful tenderness comes over the bullies and the nagsters, so that they go about gently and deprecatingly, hoping by one day's record sweetness to outface the year's blusterings.
1906, Violet Hunt, The Workaday Woman, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more deprecatingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most deprecatingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |