cringily
cringily adverb: in a cringey manner.
Adverb
cringily (comparative more cringily, superlative most cringily)
- In a cringey manner.
- They exulted when they opened their copies of the Hahnemannian to read therein that Dr. Gould was “a tallow candle going out with a bad smell,” “not honest,” "not truthful,” and that he “cringily begs for mercy.”1891 December 19, “The morals and amenities of medical controversy”, in Med. News, 59:716–717; quoted in James Eckman, “History of Medicine in Minnesota: Homeopathic and Eclectic Medicine in...
- Then, dancing dishonours having been equally shared by a fatarmed partially dusky hoor and a tiny earnest negroid tart (both immeasurably under wraps) emerges now 1 song, beginning and rebeginning with a moist dark tone; cringily climbing (tumbling; crazily, upyearning) collapsing: smoothly, and...1933, E. E. Cummings, EIMI, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press Inc., published 1958, →LCCN, page 209
- Synonyms:
- cringeworthily, cringingly
Examples of cringily in a sentence
- Repeat of the cringily captivating series in which candid cameras reveal how holidaymakers from different countries react to a series of provocations, raging from petty larceny to full-frontal nudity.1999 May 13, “Television Guide”, in Evening Standard, London, page 40:
- Her weatherbeaten face brightens at the sight of the pair of us, whom she always calls, just a little cringily, ‘my accomplished daughter and her lovely Nick’.2008, Polly Williams, A Good Girl Comes Undone, Sphere, →ISBN, page 14:
- Demi Moore’s recent self-taken Twitter snaps of herself in a bikini (inset) were cringily unnecessary – she is known for little else than looking unfeasibly good these days; no need to overdo it.2010 September 12, Rhiannon Harries, “On my mind: Nothing says ‘Cheese!’ louder than those online self-portraits, says Rhiannon Harries”...
- Will just won’t accept that Lauren fancies Simon, and hangs around cringily in the background – even when she invites Simon to join her for their free time and they share a goodbye nuzzle.2011, Charlotte Wilson, Inside the Inbetweeners: An Unofficial Guide, Hodder, page 17:
Synonyms of cringily
Forms of cringily
| comparative | more cringily |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cringily |
Origin of cringily
From cringey /cringy + -ly.
Questions about cringily
- What does cringily mean?
- Cringily means in a cringey manner.
- How do you use cringily in a sentence?
- Repeat of the cringily captivating series in which candid cameras reveal how holidaymakers from different countries react to a series of provocations, raging from petty larceny to full-frontal nudity.
- What part of speech is cringily?
- Cringily is an adverb.
Words near cringily in the dictionary
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