Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

with apologies to

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables: with- apolo-gies -to
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

A conventional way of attributing credit to somebody whose ideas or works one is adapting or parodying.

Example Sentences

"With apologies to Jonathan Swift, May I make a “modest proposal?”"
"Losing one's hearing suggests carelessness at best (with apologies to Oscar Wilde) and damnation at worst (in the biblical sense)."

Inflected Forms

with apologies to ... (canonical)

Questions

What does with apologies to mean?: A conventional way of attributing credit to somebody whose ideas or works one is adapting or parodying.

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