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

She merely rocked a trifle faster and turned a smile which she strove to make amusedly deprecative upon her hostess.

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie

But his precision and appearance of keen prosperity and sufficiency made me act, in spite of myself, deprecative.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

Her remarks were merely deprecative and full of pity.

From Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa by Stockley, Cynthia

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

From Anthony Lyveden by Yates, Dornford