| 单词 | belittlingly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeˈlittlingly beˈlittlingly adv. ΚΠ 1879 Methodist Q. Rev. Jan. 19 Mr. Isaac Taylor..says..‘Wesley was thus almost intuitively master of arts,’ though he must belittlingly add, ‘or of all but the highest’. 1901 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 340 He even carried his ill feeling so far as to write belittlingly of the conclusions of his illustrious rival. 1940 R. M. Neal News Gathering & News Writing x. 132 Dick travels widely throughout the county during the early fall, reporting the fairs, sometimes described belittlingly as ‘cattle shows’. 2007 R. Hickey Irish Eng. i. 8 ‘Kiltarnese’, as her [sc. Lady Gregory's] form of western rural Irish English was somewhat belittlingly called. < as lemmas |
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