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squeamishly

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squea·mish  (skwmsh)
adj.
1.
a. Easily nauseated or sickened.
b. Nauseated.
2. Easily shocked or disgusted.
3. Excessively fastidious or scrupulous.

[Middle English squeimous, alteration of Anglo-Norman escoymous.]

squeamish·ly adv.
squeamish·ness n.
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Adv.1.squeamishly - in a squeamish manner; "`I would rather not touch,' he said squeamishly"


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