misreply
misreply verb: to reply inappropriately.
Verb
misreply (third-person singular simple present misreplies, present participle misreplying, simple past and past participle misreplied)
- To reply inappropriately.
- While almost any conversational turn by addressee can serve as the reference turn for a connective-initial turn by a self-selecting participant, a preceding turn by Alter was used in a more restricted set of circumstances, such as: […] If Alter has misreplied, in Ego's estimation, either through...2011, Mary R. Key, The Relationship of Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, page 302
- Chances are the respondent misreplied if, in your review of the interview questions, you have to ask: • What does the researcher mean by this question?2013, Elise K. Parsigian, Mass Media Writing
Forms of misreply
| third-person singular present | misreplies |
|---|---|
| present participle | misreplying |
| past participle | misreplied |
| past | misreplied |
Origin of misreply
From mis- + reply.
Questions about misreply
- What does misreply mean?
- Misreply means to reply inappropriately.
- What part of speech is misreply?
- Misreply is a verb.
- What is the past tense of misreply?
- The past tense of misreply is misreplied.
Words near misreply in the dictionary
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