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MINCINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mincingly mean?
• MINCINGLY (adverb)
The adverb MINCINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in a mincing manner
Familiarity information: MINCINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a mincing manner
Context example:
she stepped mincingly over the puddles
Pertainym:
mincing (affectedly dainty or refined)
Context examples
These, in turn, were crowded out by Japanese women, doll-like, stepping mincingly on wooden clogs; by Eurasians, delicate featured, stamped with degeneracy; by full-bodied South-Sea-Island women, flower-crowned and brown-skinned.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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