Squashingly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a squashing way; belittlingly.

    "Crooke was allowed to set his own question for his second examination, hut was still, rather squashingly, not approved […]"

Example

More examples

"Crooke was allowed to set his own question for his second examination, hut was still, rather squashingly, not approved […]"

Etymology

From squashing + -ly.

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