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单词 toyingly
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toyinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈtɔɪɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈtɔɪɪŋli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: toying adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < toying adj. + -ly suffix2.
rare before late 19th cent.
In a toying manner; light-heartedly, frivolously; playfully; flirtatiously.
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the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > [adverb] > in an amorously sportive manner
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1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Lasciuus Wanton in behauour, or with women: lecherous in liuyng or woordes: dishonest: that speaketh or doeth thynges folishly and toyingly without regarde of vertue and honestie.
1876 C. R. Tuttle & D. S. Durrie Illustr. Hist. Iowa xlvii. 568/2 The little streams go toyingly along, meandering among the undulating slope.
1936 Tri-County News (King City, Missouri) 7 Feb. 3/2 It has been learned that one fair young maiden toyingly fondled the torpedo.
1979 J. C. Meagher in A. T. Davies Antisemitism & Found. Christianity (2004) 22 The dislike was escalated into an ideological—often a casually, abstractly, and toyingly ideological—readiness to punish them personally.
2016 Times (National ed.) (Nexis) 3 Dec. (Mag.) I say it toyingly with interviewers to see if they're idiotic enough to print it. And they normally are.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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