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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Squeam·ish
a.
Having
a
stomach
that
is
easily
turned
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.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
squeamishly
adv
:
in
a
squeamish
manner
; "`
I
would
rather
not
touch
,'
he
said
squeamishly
"
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