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queasily

queasily adverb: in a queasy manner; delicately; squeamishly.

Adverb

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

Forms of queasily

comparativemore queasily
superlativemost queasily

Origin of queasily

From queasy + -ly.

Questions about queasily

What does queasily mean?
Queasily means in a queasy manner; delicately; squeamishly.
What part of speech is queasily?
Queasily is an adverb.

Words near queasily in the dictionary

  1. queans
  2. queap
  3. queaps
  4. queasier
  5. queasiest
  6. queasily
  7. queasiness
  8. queasinesses
  9. queasy
  10. queazen
  11. queazens

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