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
A group of lascars, on leave from a P. & O. liner, look depreciatingly on nautical brethren from colder climes.
From East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan by Frederic Courtland Penfield
"Oh—you know these Administrative people," the interne said depreciatingly.
From The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone
"Yes, sir, I believe so, sir," the scientist replied, depreciatingly.
From The Air Trust by George Allan England
But this, though often asserted, is recanted almost in a breath by the same writers who speak thus depreciatingly of our modern ethical philosophy.
From Philebus by Benjamin Jowett
