queasily

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adverb

In a queasy manner; delicately; squeamishly.

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Meanings

adverbqueasily (comparative more queasily, superlative most queasily)

comparative more queasily · superlative most queasily

  1. In a queasy manner; delicately; squeamishly.
  2. In a manner that makes one queasy; sickeningly, nauseatingly.

    These women vocalists are bound in chartreuse mermaid suits and capped with blunt, white-blond wigs queasily reminiscent of Kathleen Turner's mop in Crimes of Passion.

    1988 April 16, Elizabeth Pincus, “Taming Upstart Women”, in Gay Community News, page 7

Origin

From queasy + -ly.

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APA

queasily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queasily

MLA

“queasily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queasily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queasily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queasily.

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