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  • adverb apologetically

Etymologies

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apologizing +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Arrianna refers to a question supported by statistical data which King wimpily offers to Cheney, diluting it, apologizingly saying, "Some people say ..."

    Printing: Time for CNN to Either Fire Up or Fire John King 2009

  • Arrianna refers to a question supported by statistical data which King wimpily offers to Cheney, diluting it, apologizingly saying, "Some people say ..."

    Time for CNN to Either Fire Up or Fire John King 2009

  • Some netters who has been criticizing Su in the past months started to appear apologizingly and say highly of him.

    It's Hsieh for the DPP Michael Turton 2007

  • I realized my body language was insulting her and apologizingly explained that I was an emotional mess and had lost my libido.

    Self-Made Man, by Norah Vincent 2006

  • Indeed, he talked delightfully all through dinner, and with the coffee, half laughingly, half apologizingly told us the story of his life.

    Cupid's Understudy Edward Salisbury Field 1907

  • "He has been dangerously ill," she continued, apologizingly, "and sickness has made him more morbid and more unhappy about it than he would otherwise have been.

    A Confederate girl's diary, 1913

  • "He has been dangerously ill," she continued, apologizingly, "and sickness has made him more morbid and more unhappy about it than he would otherwise have been.

    A Confederate Girl's Diary Sarah Morgan Dawson 1875

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