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# apologetic

«apologetic» in Mova's school dictionary: **sorry, that you feel you have done wrong or caused trouble** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#x1)
- «Sorry,» she said in an apologetic voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#x2)
- The apologetic dog hung its head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apologetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apologetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.