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mincing
affected, effeminate, exquisite, finicky, goody good-good, nice, particular, precieuse, precisionistic, simpering
Definition
adj.
affectedly dainty or refined
Last update: July 15, 2015
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She spoke in a soft
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voice.
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Taking
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steps so that the water wouldn't slosh out of the buckets, she worked her way toward the barn door.
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Far different was the impression produced by the gaunt and
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lady who followed on Mr.
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Marmaduke
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his steps, for it had rained that morning.
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But what's the use of
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matters with an intelligent woman like you.
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These plumes waved gracefully in the air with every
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step the Princesses took.
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"Yes, O King," he said in a
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voice, "let him enter and kill a lion."
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When the others are toot-tooting, it's just 'Polly, put the kettle on' (mimicking a
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treble).
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His proclamation looks like real earnestness; no
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the matter with the rebels.
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Luise Ivanovna made haste to curtsy almost to the ground, and with
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little steps, she fluttered out of the office.
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Mr Dedalus amid the din walked off, murmuring to himself with a pursing
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mouth gently: The little nuns.
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