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mincing

ADJ ซึ่ง มี มารยาท  insincere unnatural sueng-me-ma-ra-yad

 

mincingly

ADV อย่าง มี มารยาท  yang-me-ma-ra-yad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINCING

ppr. Cutting into small pieces; speaking or walking affectedly.

 

MINCINGLY

adv. In small parts; not fully.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MINCING

MINCING Min "cing, a.

 

Defn: That minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety.

 

MINCINGLY

MINCINGLY Min "cing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a mincing manner; not fully; with affected nicety.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mincing

minc ing |minsiNG ˈmɪnsɪŋ | adjective (of a man ) affectedly dainty in manner or gait: he followed her with quick, mincing steps. DERIVATIVES minc ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

mincing

min |cing |ˈmɪnsɪŋ | adjective (of a man ) affectedly dainty in manner or gait; effeminate. I don't have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of yours . DERIVATIVES mincingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mincing

mincing adjective no one dared to laugh at the young master's mincing walk: affected, dainty, effeminate, pretentious, dandified, foppish; informal camp.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mincing

mincing adjective he had a strange, mincing walk, his hips slightly swaying: affected, fastidious, dainty, effeminate, niminy-piminy, chichi, foppish, dandyish; pretentious, precious; informal camp, sissy, la-di-da, campy, queeny; Brit. informal poncey.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mincing

minc ing /mɪ́nsɪŋ /形容詞 〈話し方が 〉気取った .ly 副詞