释义 |
tubbily, adv.|ˈtʌbɪlɪ| [f. tubby a. + -ly2.] In a tubby manner; with an appearance of tubbiness.
1924D. H. Lawrence in M. Magnus Mem. Foreign Legion 12 He stuck his front out tubbily, like a bird. 1935H. Nicolson Let. 4 Dec. (1966) 229 Winston rose tubbily and stretched out great arms. 1957M. Spark Comforters ix. 220 He watched the movements of a young fat woman on a houseboat moored nearby... But she did emerge again, with a cup of tea. She drank it propped tubbily on the tiny bridge of the boat. |