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SQUEAMISHLY
squeamishly
(adverb) in a squeamish manner; ââI would rather not touch,â he said squeamishlyâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
squeamishly (comparative more squeamishly, superlative most squeamishly)
In a squeamish manner.
Source: Wiktionary
SQUEAMISH
Squeam"ish, a. Etym: [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. svemr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. swimi. The word has been perhaps confused witrh qualmish. Cf. Swim to be dizzy.]
Definition: Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. Hudibras. His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. Southern. So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. M. Arnold.
Syn.
– Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See Fastidious.
– Squeam"ish*ly, adv.
– Squeam"ish*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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