单词 | mild-spoken |
释义 | > as lemmasmild-spoken mild-spoken adj. ΚΠ a1618 J. Sylvester tr. J. Bertaut Parl. Vertues Royall in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Divine Weekes & Workes (1621) 859 Hee, more discreet, and milder-spoken, farr, Replyes: My Sonne, sure verie few there are (Yea of the wisest, who best vnderstand) That easily can answer thy demand. 1727 Art Speaking in Publick vi. 84 An Orator ought not to be too Remiss, neither in his Action, nor too Mild-spoken. 1865 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? II. xiii. 100 George would not become soft and mild-spoken even by a death-bed side, and it would be likely enough that the Squire would curse his heir with his dying breath. 1976 Amer. Hist. Rev. 81 365/2 To bold-tongued law students and to mild-spoken historians and political scientists. < as lemmas |
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