Daubingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 So as to daub or paint carelessly.
"Be ever ready to flatter, not grossly or daubingly, as with a heavy trowel, but delicately, with slight shades, as with a finely pointed camel's hair brush whose fine strokes are almost imperceptible."
Example
More examples"Be ever ready to flatter, not grossly or daubingly, as with a heavy trowel, but delicately, with slight shades, as with a finely pointed camel's hair brush whose fine strokes are almost imperceptible."
Etymology
From daubing + -ly.
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