self-deprecatingly

He talked, self-deprecatingly, about the similarities between himself and his character on the show.

"But there may be other reasons for that," he says, self-deprecatingly.

"Kraft Foods is creating a more delicious world," the company says self–deprecatingly.

She smiled self-deprecatingly, hoping he would have a sense of humor.

But then she laughed self-deprecatingly, her smile brightening the room.

And then, perhaps thinking she's being too self-deprecatingly feminine: "Yes.

Indignation and whining were others, but he’s too self-deprecatingly funny.

"The fact that it involved a spelling bee was not on the plus side," he said self-deprecatingly.

The series lampooned stereotypes of Mexican culture and used them self-deprecatingly.

"It is better to be likeable than talented," he often said, self-deprecatingly.

"My children are much better lights to the world than either my films or plays," he says, self-deprecatingly.

He'd laughed self-deprecatingly, shaking his head at his own argument.

"Morecambe and Wise did this stuff so well, didn't they?" he says self-deprecatingly.

Zappa self-deprecatingly described the album as a "stupid little story about how the government is going to do away with music."

Then, self-deprecatingly, she affected a sing-songy little girl voice.

"I'll just have to throw him in the bathtub when I get home anyway," the older mother says of her 3-year-old son, and laughs self-deprecatingly.

"It's like cooking," he says self-deprecatingly of his appearance.

He grinned self-deprecatingly and added, "I also enjoy command."

The term is simultaneously both parochially proud and self-deprecatingly humorous.

“Though that is only a plan,” he self-deprecatingly says, not wanting to look a show-off.

Her eyebrows quirked self-deprecatingly, and she waved her lower arms.

I suppose they thought it was cheaper to keep me here than fly me back home," he said, self-deprecatingly. "

That sounds about right," he says self­deprecatingly.

Herriman was described as self-deprecatingly modest, and he disliked being photographed.

He self-deprecatingly refers to himself as a “Broadway veteran.”