| 单词 | pussy-footedness |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspussy-ˈfootedness pussy-ˈfootedness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] wareness971 warelinessc1000 warningc1000 beseeing1340 cautel1531 warefulness1548 wariness1552 chariness1571 circumspectness1581 circumspection1598 warisomeness1607 guard1609 cautionateness1619 cautelousnessa1624 cautiona1639 cautiousness1649 guardedness1807 cacannyness1917 pussy-footedness1917 pussyfooting1956 leeriness1961 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > stealthy movement > [noun] > quality pussy-footedness1917 1917 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald 31 July 8/4 This sudden collapse of one who has always been the community's model for meekness and pussyfootedness. 1966 Economist 30 Apr. 450/1 Politically here is confirmation..of the essential caution, not to say pussy~footedness, of the Wilson Government. 2004 Australian (Nexis) 20 July 15 There was a strange passivity in Beazley's approach to electioneering, a sort of pussy-footedness... He was too polite, too accommodating. < as lemmas |
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