α. 1500s minsingly, 1500s– mincingly, 1600s minzingly.
β. 1600s minchingly.
mincinglyadv.
/ˈmɪnsɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈmɪnsɪŋli/ 1. †Sparingly, in grudging measure (obsolete); in a minimizing or extenuating manner.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb]
narrowlya1250
feeblyc1290
scarcely1340
straitly1340
strait1390
niggardly?1529
nighly1548
pinchingly1561
close-fisted1575
hard1580
niggishly1580
nearly1591
mincingly1593
costively1598
penuriously1616
neara1625
scantingly1627
parsimoniouslya1634
scrapingly1680
stingily1682
scrimply1690
sneakingly1695
churlishly1875
curmudgeonly1879
skinflintily1899
mingily1958
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adverb] > extenuatingly
mincingly1736
extenuatingly1884
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β. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 256 It is written of Galba, that he gaue pinchingly and minchingly, as though he had not beene Emperour.1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. xi. 82 The iustice of one that requiteth no thing mincingly, but all with pressed and heaped and euen ouer-inlarged measure.
1699 F. Bugg Quakerism Expos'd To Rdr. 1 Several do Certifie (tho' mincingly) that they have Publicly Charged him with Lies.
1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Mincingly, or slightly, leviter.
1845 Southern Q. Rev. Oct. 349 The Governor and the judges talk mincingly of the hardships of the anti-renters, who are obliged—poor innocents—to live on leased land.
1892 Chicago Advance 18 Feb. [Jeremiah] must speak the truth... And better to speak it plainly, than mincingly.
1925 Jrnl. Negro Hist. 10 716 You have given me your opinion..in your own emphatic way. You never speak insipidly, smoothly, or mincingly.
1983 Philos. & Public Affairs 12 103 The point of view you mincingly refer to as Jones's is mine!
2. In a mincing or affectedly elegant manner; (usually derogatory) in an effete or effeminate manner.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > with affected delicacy
fine1579
minikinly1580
mincingly1596
miniardly1653
finically1659
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. M3 A turne or two hee mincingly pac't with her about the roome.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes To eate minsingly, a crum, a iot.
1657 J. Sergeant Schism Dispach't 601 Though it seeme to speak coyly and mincingly.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 193 She trips up and down mincingly, and knows not how to set her Feet.
1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 133 Crow-quills that move mincingly between embossed margins.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxiv. 327 Mr. Mantalini..led her mincingly away.
1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 8 69 A soul of large capacity will not sip mincingly.
1878 ‘H. Stretton’ Through Needle's Eye II. 146 She tossed her head higher, and stepped more mincingly than usual.
1928 ‘S. S. Van Dine’ Greene Murder Case ii. 18 He mincingly laid a manicured hand on his breast.
1984 G. Vanderhaeghe My Present Age (1986) xii. 178 I saunter mincingly to the kitchen and back, slightly knock-kneed, kicking my heels out, swivelling my ample buttocks in imitation of Jagger's insouciant manner.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adverb] > into separate parts > small
smallOE
smally1578
mincingly1598
minutely1599
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Mincingly,..in small peeces.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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