| 释义 |
vixenly, a. and adv.|ˈvɪks(ə)nlɪ|
Also 7 vixonely.
[f. as prec. + -ly.]
a. adj. Resembling a vixen in disposition.
b. adv. Crossly, ill-naturedly.
a1677Barrow Pope's Suprem. Wks. 1687 I. 225 It was onely, which in such a vixonely Pope was a great favour, a forbearance to quarrel with him. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. Introd. (1852) 3 Nevertheless, vixenly as she looks, many people are seeking, at this very moment, to shelter themselves under the wing of the federal eagle. 1895Meredith Amazing Marriage xlv, Our female government asks it vixenly of our impotent male. |
