单词 | off-puttingly |
释义 | off-puttinglyadv. In an off-putting way; disconcertingly, repellently. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1961 |
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