half-deprecating
- a word derived from deprecate.
Example Sentences
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Dill, looking to Billy longer and lanker and mere melancholy than ever, caressed his chin meditatively and regarded Billy in his wistful, half-deprecating way.
From The Long Shadow by Bower, B. M.
The man who held the lantern and looked at him in silence with a half-deprecating air was a middle-aged man, bearded and bare-headed.
From None Other Gods by Benson, Robert Hugh
Into his eyes came now and then the look, half-deprecating, half-defiant, which they have who are only learning to yield obedience to the government of a strong hand and will, which no love softens.
From Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
Diana had asked the Roughsedges, explaining the matter, with a half-deprecating, half-humorous face, to the comfortable ear of Mrs. Roughsedge.
From The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
He lifted his eyes, when he saw his master, with a half-deprecating, apologetic air.
From Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
