Milquetoastedly
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a milquetoasted manner. rare
"Last evening, at supper, my wife looked at me menacingly and said, “What’s the matter, what wrong with my cooking?” all I could do was to look at her and milquetoastedly say: “Something is missing in my soup, Devey. You always cook it supremely when you are all steamed up. Didn’t you read the Voice of the People today?”"
Example
More examples"Last evening, at supper, my wife looked at me menacingly and said, “What’s the matter, what wrong with my cooking?” all I could do was to look at her and milquetoastedly say: “Something is missing in my soup, Devey. You always cook it supremely when you are all steamed up. Didn’t you read the Voice of the People today?”"
Etymology
From milquetoasted + -ly.
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