depreciate
verb (used with object)
to reduce the purchasing value of (money).
depreciatingly
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a word derived from
depreciate.
Example Sentences
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"It's all about recognising people who are exceptional," said Dr Gray, before adding self depreciatingly: "And then there's me."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2021
"My dear child, I trust you are not going to marry only for my sake," said Mrs. Davilow, depreciatingly.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
A refinement of modern philosophy often leads our rationalist to speak depreciatingly, if not contemptuously, of what he calls a stereotyped revelation—revelation in a book.
From Reason and Faith; Their Claims and Conflicts From The Edinburgh Review, October 1849, Volume 90, No. CLXXXII. (Pages 293-356) by Henry Rogers
Beelzebub shuffled in the straw and whined depreciatingly.
From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Do not treat your boasted intellect so depreciatingly as to doubt its power of giving you successful aid in your triumph over difficulties.
From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady
