simperingly
- adverb
- /ˈsɪmpərɪŋli/
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de manera afectada
- The child stood simperingly in front of the audience, her shy smile making her seem even more endearing.
Examples
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She in the end, she created what she wanted and he simperingly obeys her.
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This means no less than responding to music with music, and to art with art, which further means that thinking in art must be united with thinking up music and thinking up art—not in some simperingly encouraged "self-expression" but in disciplined and imaginative response in kind to the art and music at hand, no matter how initially backward the response might be.
Academic text (2000) -
She smiled simperingly at the compliment, trying to seem modest and charming.
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He simperingly agreed with every suggestion she made, hoping to win her favor.
Synonyms
15
1.0
Behave in a quiet, nervous way around other people
7
3.2
Move or speak in a shy, nervous way because of low confidence
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6.0
In a shy, playful way that tries to get someone's attention
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6.1
In a quiet, modest way that shows shyness
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7.9
In a shy way that shows little confidence
1
3.5
In a shy, embarrassed way that avoids eye contact
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8.2
To act in a shy and scared way
In a false way to seem more important or polite than you feel
In a very polite but fake way to get someone to like you
Antonyms
How Insincere
Surface Forms
Morphology
simperingly = simpering (transparent) = simper + ing + ly
Formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'simpering', yielding an adverb meaning 'in a simpering manner'.
Etymology
Simperingly comes from the verb simper, which means 'to smile in a silly, shy, or trying-to-please way'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone giving a small, nervous smile to avoid trouble or to please others, so to act simperingly is to behave with that shy, self-conscious, overly polite smile.