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Definition of cattish in English: cattishadjective ˈkatɪʃˈkædɪʃ another term for catty Example sentencesExamples - ‘Rafael,’ She says with a cattish smile, ‘I would love to go with you.’
- She had a fixation with cats that leaked out as a sort of low sub-vocal purr that accentuated her speech, along with other more cattish noises.
- His eyes seemed to vary from their usual hazel to a cattish kind of amber.
- He remembered her cattish grin as she replied; ‘Sandmen.’
Derivatives adverb ‘Said’ was always accompanied by abruptly, coldly, crossly, menacingly, cattishly, angrily, sharply, grimly, sulkily, or curiously. Example sentencesExamples - Eastern stylists cattishly murmured that this was going too far, even for California.
- Just then the door opened and in stepped a wiry bearded man, who was mumbling to himself and skittering around cattishly.
- The piano swells dramatically in ‘Mi Sueno’; the trumpet honks and squawks in ‘Rumba Feliz’ and coils cattishly around ‘La Extrano’; the flute haunts its way through ‘Mi Amor’; and the percussion is strong in everything.
- Through the gentle chiding of the gay stylist friend, to the downright vicious demands of Ms. Streep, to the snottish comments from the old Emily, it was cattishly pleasing.
noun He had never seen her display cattishness, never known her to be on the lookout for other women on the chance of catching them tripping - except in relation to him. Example sentencesExamples - Hrm… I must get my fix of cattishness at club, then hole up for the rest of the week till the feeling goes away.
- She also doesn't get to display much emotion in her songs; she's limited to cheery cattishness, and wistful love.
- Titania is played by a ballet dancer who has a reasonable repertoire in cattishness but her dancing is certainly more accomplished than her acting.
- Unkind souls may consider that this will be akin to filling an empty space with a hole, but I disdain such cattishness.
Definition of cattish in US English: cattishadjectiveˈkadiSHˈkædɪʃ another term for catty Example sentencesExamples - ‘Rafael,’ She says with a cattish smile, ‘I would love to go with you.’
- He remembered her cattish grin as she replied; ‘Sandmen.’
- His eyes seemed to vary from their usual hazel to a cattish kind of amber.
- She had a fixation with cats that leaked out as a sort of low sub-vocal purr that accentuated her speech, along with other more cattish noises.
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