mincingadjective
uk/ˈmɪn.sɪŋ/us/ˈmɪn.sɪŋ/mincing adjective (WALK)
A mincing walk uses small, delicate steps in a way that does not look natural:
She took short, mincing steps.
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Moving gently on foot
- amble
- blow
- gently
- meander
- mince
- mooch
- mosey
- plod
- potter
- process
- promenade
- putter
- saunter
- slink
- slunk
- stroll
- stroller
- tiptoe
- wander
mincing adjective (SPEECH)
used to describe a way of speaking that is too delicate and not direct enough:
She found herself irritated by the interviewer's mincing way of asking questions.
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- beat
- discursive
- elliptical
- evasive
- go (all) round the houses idiom
- go off on a tangent idiom
- implicit
- meander
- move off sth/on (to sth)
- obliquely
- parry
- sanitize
- sidestep
- skirt
- stray
- suggestion
- talk around sth
- tangent
- tiptoe
- tiptoe around sth/sb
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