apologetic
adjective/əˌpɒləˈdʒetɪk/
/əˌpɑːləˈdʒetɪk/
- feeling or showing that you are sorry for doing something wrong or for causing a problem
- ‘Sorry,’ she said, with an apologetic smile.
- apologetic about/for something They were very apologetic about the trouble they'd caused.
Extra Examples- I hope she was suitably apologetic afterwards.
- Leroy sounded almost apologetic.
- He was profusely apologetic about the mistake.
- She was apologetic for taking so long.
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun denoting a formal justification): from French apologétique or late Latin apologeticus, from Greek apologētikos, from apologeisthei ‘speak in one's own defence’, from apologia, from apo ‘away’+ -logia (see -ology). The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.Want to learn more?
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