deprecatingly

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English deprecating Middle English -ly English -ly English deprecatingly From deprecating + -ly.

1. 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.”