Simmeringly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to simmer.

    "This meant that the quieter, more compliant African Caribbean child was perceived as subnormal or simmeringly hostile when the more competitive, garrulous behaviour which typified British children was taken as the normative standard."

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"This meant that the quieter, more compliant African Caribbean child was perceived as subnormal or simmeringly hostile when the more competitive, garrulous behaviour which typified British children was taken as the normative standard."

Etymology

From simmering + -ly.

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