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deprecative

[dep-ri-key-tiv, -kuh-tiv] / ˈdɛp rɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv /


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He is the rarest kind of supersalesman: an uncomplicated man who is genuinely deprecative of himself and sold on his product.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her remarks were merely deprecative and full of pity.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Cynthia Stockley

Mr. Plowman was physically unable to utter the deprecative ejaculation which he knew should have been here inserted.

From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates

They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.

From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

His tone was so deprecative that Courtney was sharply awakened by it.

From Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress by George Randolph Chester




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