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词汇 donnishly
释义 donnishly
adverb
uk /ˈdɒn.ɪʃ.li/ us /ˈdɑː.nɪʃ.li/
in an intelligent and very serious way that is like a universitylecturer(= teacher):
When I arrived, I found him writing donnishly in his office.
She lectured us donnishly on the benefits of recycling.
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"That's a perfectly acceptable question," he replied, donnishly.
She wrote a series of donnishly clever detective stories.
He used donnishly abstract language that was difficult to follow.
His scarf was tied donnishly around his neck.
The language used is quirky and often donnishly eccentric.
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