单词 | vixenishly |
释义 | vixenishlyadv. In a vixenish or ill-tempered manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > ill nature in woman or shrewishness > [adverb] scoldingly1548 termagantly1686 vixenishly1848 shrewishly1855 vixenly1895 1848 M. W. Savage Bachelor of Albany xvi. 174 ‘Barker of the Albany!—is he the man?’ cried the termagant Mrs. Harry, vixenishly and exultingly. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. x. 156 Her mother treated her vixenishly, snubbing her for a word. 1891 S. Baring-Gould In Troubadour-land ii. 28 [He] endeavoured to get hold of her hand. She snatched it away vixenishly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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