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mincing /ˈmɪnsɪŋ /adjective(Of a man) affectedly dainty in manner or gait; effeminate: I don’t have to go through the rest of my life with that mincing voice of yours Derivatives mincingly /ˈmɪnsɪŋli / adverb ...- We walked, mincingly at first so as not to kick the people in front of us in the crowd.
- We have a couple of pea-fowl who certainly are an addition to the landscape, as they step mincingly along the square of turf we dignify by the name of lawn.
- As each gallery's attractions were listed, Ms. Nolan struck sophisticated poses and moved mincingly en pointe, yet never made clear just what the sketch's choreographic point was supposed to be.
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