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apols

apols noun: apologies.

Noun

apols pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, informal, plural, plural-only) Apologies.
    • Apols for TMI but that really is all that has happened.2008, Susie Day, serafina67 *urgently requires life*, Scholastic, published 2008, →ISBN, page 105
    • On the other, the self was also confirmed as authentic via a process of interaction, whereby Fry answered and apologised to his critic for the subsequent abuse he received on Twitter – 'Pls accept my apols ... I feel more sheepish than a sheep'.2011, James Bennett, Television Personalities: Stardom and the Small Screen, Routledge, →ISBN, pages 173–174

Origin of apols

From apologies by shortening.

Questions about apols

What does apols mean?
Apols means apologies.
What part of speech is apols?
Apols is a noun.

Words near apols in the dictionary

  1. apology
  2. Apolonia
  3. Apolonio
  4. Apolonio Samson
  5. Apolonios
  6. apols
  7. apolunar
  8. apolune
  9. apolunes
  10. apolysed
  11. apolysin

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