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# apologetic

adjective

«apologetic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Showing that you are sorry, that you feel you have done wrong or caused trouble. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#m1)

### In the lessons

a character who says sorry in a humble or sad way

### Examples

- He gave an apologetic smile after he spilt the milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#x1)
- «Sorry,» she said in an apologetic voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#x2)
- The apologetic dog hung its head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apologetic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apologetic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apologetic.html) on Mova free.