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APOLOGETICALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an apologetic manner

Example:

he spoke apologetically about his past

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

apologetic (offering or expressing apology)

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 Context examples: 

He handed me, apologetically for his scholarship, a piece of paper, and observed me while I looked it over.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Why, you see we wasn't aware, sir, returned the waiter, still apologetically, as Mr. Copperfield was anyways particular.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"Don't do it today," Gatsby answered. He turned to me apologetically. "You know, old sport, I've never used that pool all summer?"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)