move affectedly

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• act — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. See action, drama, conduct, affectation, representation, rule. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An action] Syn. action, deed, performance, exploit; see action 2 . 2. [An official or legal s …   English dictionary for students

• shy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bashful, reserved, retiring, demure; cautious, suspicious, wary; timid, skittish, fearful; short, lacking. See modesty, fear, incompleteness. Ant., forward, brash, incautious. v. start, recoil. See… …   English dictionary for students

• mince — mincer, n. /mins/, v., minced, mincing, n. v.t. 1. to cut or chop into very small pieces. 2. to soften, moderate, or weaken (one s words), esp. for the sake of decorum or courtesy. 3. to perform or utter with affected elegance. 4. to subdivide… …   Universalium

• William Lloyd Garrison: The Dangers of Slavery (1829) — ▪ Primary Source       Antislavery movements had existed in the United States since the Revolution. They had even received occasional support in the South, on moral grounds; but the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 made slavery a seeming… …   Universalium

• stereotomy — noun /stɛɹiːˈɒtəmi/ The cutting or dissection of solids. Here your countenance brightened up, and, perceiving your lips move, I could not doubt that you murmured the word ‘stereotomy’, a term very affectedly applied to this species of pavement …   Wiktionary

• amble — I. v. n. 1. Pace, move, or go at an easy pace. 2. Walk affectedly, dawdle. II. n. Pacing, pace …   New dictionary of synonyms

• mince — [[t]mɪns[/t]] v. minced, minc•ing, n. 1) to cut or chop into very small pieces 2) cv to moderate or soften, esp. for the sake of decorum or courtesy: He was angry and didn t mince words[/ex] 3) to perform or utter with affected elegance 4) to… …   From formal English to slang

• mince — [c]/mɪns / (say mins) verb (minced, mincing) –verb (t) 1. to cut or chop into very small pieces. 2. to subdivide minutely, as land, a subject, etc. 3. to soften or moderate (one s words, etc.) to a milder form. 4. to speak of (matters) in polite… …  

• shy — shy1 [shī] adj. shyer or shier, shyest or shiest [ME schei, dial. development < OE sceoh, akin to Ger scheu, shy, prob. < IE * skeuk , harassed (> OSlav ščuti, to pursue); akin to * skeub > SCOFF1] 1. easily frightened or startled;… …   English World dictionary