mincingly

English

Etymology

From mincing +‎ -ly.

Adverb

mincingly (comparative more mincingly, superlative most mincingly)

1. In a mincing way; affectedly, with excessive delicacy.

   Synonym: (obsolete) gingerly

   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 444:

     He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm.