Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a twitting manner; with taunts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a twitting manner; with upbraiding.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
reproachful manner; withupbraiding .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, Borckman was twittingly asked how many drinks he had taken, and if that was what accounted for his shooting being under his average.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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"What are you going to do with all your posies?" queried Will, twittingly.
Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir Mary Catherine Crowley
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Then my man's logic, as Margaret twittingly called it, came to my aid.
The Yeoman Adventurer George W. Gough
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Also, Borckman was twittingly asked how many drinks he had taken, and if that was what accounted for his shooting being under his average.
Chapter 4 1917
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Borckman was twittingly asked how many drinks he had taken, and if that was what accounted for his shooting being under his average.
Jerry of the Islands Jack London 1896
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It was evidently twittingly said to encourage the volunteers, whom they held in no very high esteem, for at that time their rear skirmishers were actually engaged.
behind AotW 2008
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