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depreciatingly

depreciatingly adverb: so as to disparage or belittle.

Adverb

depreciatingly (comparative more depreciatingly, superlative most depreciatingly)

  1. So as to disparage or belittle.
    • June 18, 1827, Thomas Moore, Diary
      Never heard him speak of any one otherwise than depreciatingly, but the next moment after abusing a man, he would go any length to serve him.

Forms of depreciatingly

comparativemore depreciatingly
superlativemost depreciatingly

Origin of depreciatingly

From depreciating + -ly.

Questions about depreciatingly

What does depreciatingly mean?
Depreciatingly means so as to disparage or belittle.
What part of speech is depreciatingly?
Depreciatingly is an adverb.

Words near depreciatingly in the dictionary

  1. depreciatable
  2. depreciate
  3. depreciated
  4. depreciates
  5. depreciating
  6. depreciatingly
  7. depreciation
  8. depreciational
  9. depreciations
  10. depreciative
  11. depreciatively

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