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mincingly, adv.|ˈmɪnsɪŋlɪ|
Also 6 mins-, 7 minz-, minchingly.
[f. mincing ppl. a. + -ly2.]
†1. In small pieces. Obs.
1598Florio, Sminutamente, mincingly,..in small peeces.
2. † Sparingly, in grudging measure (obs.); in a minimizing or extenuating manner.
α1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. i. xi. §5 The iustice of one that requiteth nothing mincingly, but all with pressed and heaped and euen ouer-inlarged measure. 1699F. Bugg Quakerism Exposed To Rdr. 1 Several do Certifie (tho' mincingly) that they have Publicly Charged him with Lies. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., Mincingly, or slightly, leviter. 1892Chicago Advance 18 Feb., [Jeremiah] must speak the truth... And better to speak it plainly, than mincingly.
βa1624Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 256 It is written of Galba, that he gaue pinchingly and minchingly, as though he had not beene Emperour.
3. In a mincing or affectedly elegant manner.
1596Nashe Saffron-Walden M 3, A turne or two hee mincingly pac't with her about the roome. 1598Florio, Mangiare a miccino, to eate minsingly, a crum, a iot. 1657J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 601 Though it seeme to speak coyly and mincingly. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xxix. 293 She trips up and down mincingly, and knows not how to set her feet. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxxiv, He led her mincingly away. 1878Hesba Stretton Needle's Eye II. 146 She tossed her head higher, and stepped more mincingly than usual.
transf.1824New Monthly Mag. X. 133 Crow-quills that move mincingly between embossed margins. 1841Tait's Mag. VIII. 69 A soul of large capacity will not sip mincingly. |