The Collaborative International Dictionary
Apologetically \A*pol`o*get"ic*al*ly\, adv. By way of apology.
Wiktionary
adv. In an apologetic manner; by way of defense, apology or excuse.
WordNet
adv. in an apologetic manner; "he spoke apologetically about his past"
Usage examples of "apologetically".
As if apologetically, the almoner began to speak of the leper house and the various inmates.
An elderly mouselike man who was drinking at the bar beside him coughed apologetically and edged bashfully nearer.
As Murfree watched, the beefy racing-driver strolled out and joined them, and the three of them snarled at Bud Gregory, who apologetically shambled out of sight, while the three continued to snap at each other.
When it was cooked, he called Gribble, who stopped on the porch apologetically until the door was held open for him.
The hall hummed with genteel exchange and soft music provided by a quintet on tambors, lutes, and flutes who stumbled apologetically among the tables.
Wiggy got to know her better when Eileen Bateman, in the throes of flu, had telephoned and asked apologetically if Wiggy had any aspirin.
Nicholas sighed in annoyance and looked at the Capidaran man standing in the stairwell, who smiled apologetically and made a helpless gesture.
The big, fair-haired foot baller smiled across at Sarah apologetically, then shrugged his wide shoulders.
Perion shrugged, spreading his palms apologetically, simpering at being the center of attention.
The difference this time was that Jefferson seemed to go out of his way, almost apologetically, to explain how Adams, with all his faults, had won his heart.
George Washington Greene shrugged apologetically and yielded the note to Fields with a windy sigh.
Azhure smiled apologetically at them as she passed, Sicarius pressing close to her legs, but she took a deep breath of delight when the Priestess led them into a cloister facing a delightful garden of lavender beds and low juniper trees.
Beldrune dug in with both hands until the bowl was empty, then smiled apologetically, burped, and took his worry stone from its drawstring pouch.
The Arab tipped his head onto his shoulder and grinned apologetically at Starr, who examined his cuticles with deep interest.
Instead, he had telephoned, apologetically as he always did, this time from Rome.