squeamishlyadv.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > with emotional detachment
dry1513
squeamishly1571
queamishly1594
dryly1622
unconcernedly1636
aloofly1891
the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb]
dignelyc1374
hautainlyc1400
deignouslyc1440
disdaininglyc1485
royally?c1500
disdainouslya1513
haughtly1523
superciliously1528
disdainishly?1529
disdainfullya1533
disdainedly1535
lordlikea1555
squeamishly1571
haughtily1572
state1579
coy1581
lordly1589
overly1610
lordlily1611
condescendingly1653
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
coyly1673
cavalierly1718
slightily1740
skeigh1792
patronizingly1834
Olympically1839
superiorly1844
Olympianly1871
superior1891
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] > not affably
strangelyc1374
coldly1550
squeamishly1571
coolly1627
chilly1640
reservedly1710
repulsively1725
starchly1755
chillinglyc1784
distantly1798
uncordially1811
stiffly1823
frozenly1851
pokerishly1867
chillily1886
standoffishly1892
aloofly1963
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxi. 15) Not to taste Gods goodnes lyghtly, and as it were squeymishly.
1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 58 Squeymishly, frowningly, or skornfully shunning the ragged and tattered sleue of any Suppliant.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Par Mespris, disdainefullye, squemishly.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Squaimishly, verachtelick ofte onwaerdighlick.
2. Fastidiously, delicately, daintily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adverb]
over-delicately1357
preciouslyc1430
daintethlyc1440
pickedlya1528
finely1542
nicely1547
fastidiously?1555
daintily1561
curiously1573
sizely?1578
fine1579
overnicely1582
squeamishly1606
finically1659
just so1683
superfinely1693
hypercritically1715
meticulously1900
1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 19 Howsoeuer some may squemishly crie out.
a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 219 But I marvel at those Expositors, who are squemishly conceited against that opinion.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iii. 451 If the plea of conscience was admitted..we should grow so squeamishly conscientious [etc.].
1782 T. Warton Enq. Poems Rowley 70 The modern delicacy of the writer.., who thus squeamishly introduces this tale of Saxon perfidy.
1838 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xxxi If she had been less proudly and squeamishly brought up.
1846 Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors IV. cx. 176 Bolingbroke..squeamishly says: ‘The first regulation..is decency’.
3. With a tendency to nausea or sickness.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adverb] > nausea
wamblingly1615
squeamishly1843
queasily1845
sickishly1847
1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician III. iii. i. 89 I sought my cot,..rolled about for an hour rather squeamishly, and then fell asleep.
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