mincing
adjective
(of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
mincingly
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a word derived from
mincing.
Example Sentences
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In the Amazon, tapirs with droopy trunks and watery eyes step "mincingly" along riverbanks, and blue morpho butterflies the size of postcards careen "reckless and beautiful" through their camp.
From Salon ● May 24, 2022
The men all play women at one point or another, sometimes mincingly.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
Foe of book and stage censorship, in a city holding the record for censorship, the Transcript fought Prohibition, reported the Thaw case in "blunt, ugly words which pseudo-fastidious contemporaries mincingly blue-penciled."
From Time Magazine Archive
No pictures of sailboats and sunsets; in fact, no art at all, except for a single Paul Klee or Joan Miro postcard, mincingly placed behind a candle holder.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I would say," she went on mincingly, "it will afford me great pleasure."
From Making People Happy by Harrison Fisher
