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单词 off-puttingly
释义

off-puttinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈɒfˌpʊtɪŋli/, /ˌɒfˈpʊtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌpʊdɪŋli/, /ˈɑfˌpʊdɪŋli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off-putting adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < off-putting adj. + -ly suffix2.
In an off-putting way; disconcertingly, repellently.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > [adverb] > disgustingly > repellently
repellingly1811
repellently1812
forbiddingly1848
off-puttingly1961
1961 Times 4 Nov. 9/4 There is something..off-puttingly impersonal about a typed letter.
1974 Country Life 18 July 174/1 All this may sound offputtingly sporty.
1989 C. Harman S. Townsend Warner: Biogr. i. 13 She was rather off-puttingly clever and rapidly becoming the apple of her father's eye.
2001 Daily Tel. 28 Sept. 23/3 Jane..had become off-puttingly possessive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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