nice-nellyism / ˈnaɪsˈnɛl iˌɪz əm /

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nice-nellyism 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. excessive modesty; prudishness.
  2. a euphemism: an evasive style of writing, full of circumlocutions and nice-nellyisms.

更多nice-nellyism例句

  1. From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
  2. Another beautiful Eminor number, with a nice shift up to the major for the chorus.
  3. Champagne, which is also acidic, offers a nice complement to anything from tuna tartare to beef bourguignon.
  4. And there are a few nice things buried beneath the rubble that I could use in my apartment.
  5. It was also nice to have a place where my family and friends could see what was going on in my life.
  6. There is more of artfulness in the flatteries which appear to involve a calculating intention to say the nice agreeable thing.
  7. I don't care, it ain't nice, and I wonder aunt brought us to such a place.
  8. And right after that, some nice sour milk would come splashing down into the trough of the pen.
  9. The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.
  10. "I don't think that is a very nice taste," said Davy, beginning to feel very uneasy.