mincingly

M3I1N1C3I1N1G2L1Y4

adverb

In a mincing way; affectedly, with excessive delicacy.

Similar
gingerly
Scrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverbmincingly (comparative more mincingly, superlative most mincingly)

comparative more mincingly · superlative most mincingly

  1. In a mincing way; affectedly, with excessive delicacy.

    He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 444

    Synonyms: gingerly

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a mincing way; affectedly, with excessive delicacy.

Similar
gingerly

Origin

From mincing + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

mincingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mincingly

MLA

“mincingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mincingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mincingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mincingly.

Source: mincingly on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.