Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an extenuating manner; by way of extenuation.
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- adverb In a manner that
extenuates .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Duberman extenuatingly suggests that the gesture was “all that he could have done without directly threatening Feffer's life,” but that life was doomed anyway; more telling is that on his return to the United States, Robeson vehemently denied the existence of Soviet anti-Semitism.
A story about George Galloway... GayandRight 2009
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"But the dear child's voice," she said extenuatingly, "has really been very much taxed."
The First Soprano Mary Hitchcock
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"It was a little dim," the voice apologized and, Peggy's silence still condemning, "you should have snored," it continued extenuatingly.
Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various
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"I have been hunting at Beaumanoir," replied he extenuatingly; "that must explain, not excuse, my apparent neglect."
The Golden Dog William Kirby 1861
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However, she told herself, extenuatingly, "Men can't sew, so they can't work evenings.
The Portion of Labor Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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