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squeamishly |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Squeamish \Squeam"ish\, a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous probably from OE sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf Icel. svemr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about a sickness that comes upon one Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS sw[=i]mi. The word has been perhaps confused witrh qualmish. Cf {Swim} to be dizzy.] Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. Quoth he that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. --Hudibras. His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. --Southern. So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold. Syn: Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See {Fastidious}. -- {Squeam"ish*ly}, adv -- {Squeam"ish*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: squeamishly adv : in a squeamish manner; "`I would rather not touch,' he said squeamishly"
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