deprecative
Example Sentences
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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
His tone was so deprecative that Courtney was sharply awakened by it.
From Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress by Chester, George Randolph
They made their feelings public by scandalized aspirations, suppressed oh-h-hs, and deprecative shakings of the heads.
From The Bondboy by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)
Mike said something deprecative of his own efforts and took the package.
From Unwise Child by Garrett, Randall
Mr. Plowman was physically unable to utter the deprecative ejaculation which he knew should have been here inserted.
From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford
