| 词汇 | mincingly |
| 释义 | mincingly adverb uk /ˈmɪn.sɪŋ.li/ us /ˈmɪn.sɪŋ.li/ mincinglyadverb (WALK)using small, delicate steps in a way that does not look natural: She walked mincingly up and down the room. They were edging their horses mincingly along the edges of the road. The injured horse appeared to be dancing mincingly on his toes. They stepped mincingly over the polished floor. He twisted his left leg rather mincingly to the beat. Moving gently on foot amble blow circulate dumbwalking flâneur gently meander mincing mooch mosey pad paseo plod potter process promenade saunter tippy tiptoe wander mincinglyadverb (SPEAK)in a way that is too delicate and not direct enough: She answered him in an artificial, mincingly polite voice. He spoke rather mincingly, smiling, but never moving his hands. With exquisite timing, she mincingly responded: "I never doubted that for a moment." I can explain without losing my temper, but I do not intend to speak mincingly. "The agony I have endured," she said mincingly, "has been unbearable." Digressing and being indirect or evasive bury the ledeidiom candy coat candy coating candy-coated circumlocution circumlocutory f-bomb get on to/onto something glancingly gloss over something go off on a tangentidiom implicit mealy-mouthed obscure parry prevaricate stray tangent unexpressed unvoiced Related wordmincing |
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