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self-deprecatingly in British English (ˌsɛlfˈdɛprɪkeɪtɪŋlɪ) adverbin a self-deprecating manner She laughs, self-deprecatingly. I recently heard some women talking self-deprecatingly about their work. the self-deprecatingly funny Paula Bridson Examples of 'self-deprecatingly' in a sentenceself-deprecatingly Do so amiably and self-deprecatingly, not crossly.He sprawls on the sofa looking self-deprecatingly cool.He might have once self-deprecatingly called himself 'a bit boring'.He talks indiscreetly, self-deprecatingly and with a bracing disregard for modern niceties.She self-deprecatingly describes her image as a siren as bearing little relation to reality.But, as he self-deprecatingly says, it is his novels that are the rub.He laughs, self-deprecatingly, as if he only now realises he could have timed this better.When his face mike acts up at the start, he deals with it self-deprecatingly but smoothly.An elegant 66, she is as much fun, and as self-deprecatingly devilish, as ever, but increasingly aware of time.It's hard not to warm to a singer who can come out with such a self-deprecatinglywitty line. |