apologetically love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an apologetic manner; by way of defense or excuse.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb By way of apology.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In an apologetic manner; by way of defense, apology or excuse.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an apologetic manner

Etymologies

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apologetic +‎ -ally

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  • "These are the propulsion systems used by NASA for the moonshots," said Tom apologetically.

    March 20, 2007