"I couldn't eat it", she said apologetically.
Source: tatoeba (329101)
Apologetically
Synonyms for "apologetically" (12 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Adverb(3 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adverb(2 words)
Related words (6)
Adverb(5 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
1 entriesmanner adverb
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
5 entriesapologetic toneapology letterapology statementformal apologywritten apology
Inflections
2 entriesmore apologeticallymost apologetically
Derivations
3 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Tom smiled apologetically and left the room.
Source: tatoeba (2640420)
Tom smiled apologetically.
Source: tatoeba (2958152)
In the street, vans roared past him; brutality blared out on placards; men were trapped in mines; women burnt alive; and once a maimed file of lunatics being exercised or displayed for the diversion of the populace (who laughed aloud), ambled and nodded and grinned past him, in the Tottenham Court Road, each half apologetically, yet triumphantly, inflicting his hopeless woe.
Source: tatoeba (9593840)
Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.