The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deprecatingly \Dep"re*ca`ting*ly\ (-k[=a]`t[i^]ng*l[y^]), adv. In a deprecating manner.
Wiktionary
adv. In an deprecating manner; in a manner that deprecates; disapprovingly
Usage examples of "deprecatingly".
Silk said a bit deprecatingly, "but a Murgo named Asharak knows about him and may have dropped his name in certain quarters.
Not,' Bowen added deprecatingly, 'that I would have expected anything else of Archie McKinnon.
Owls aren't really as wise as they're reputed to be, and my guide referred to them rather deprecatingly as 'flying mouse-traps'.
It must have been, since the one he did catch and deprecatingly referred to as 'this minnow' fed everybody at the inn for two nights running.
I murmured deprecatingly, turning my head aside, as if to myself, as if in afterthought, "you're not alone.
Shooting the bow was rough on Miss Ponsky's shoulder, but she made a soft shoulder-pad and eight times out of ten she put a bolt into a twelve-inch circle, clucking deprecatingly when she missed.