mincingly

English

Etymology

From mincing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

mincingly (comparative more mincingly, superlative most mincingly)

  1. In a mincing way; affectedly, with excessive delicacy.
    Synonym: (obsolete) gingerly
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 444:
      He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm.
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