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- adverb In a
catty manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some scientists seem to be making the design connection, as this AP story indicates, but as Bill Dembski "cattily" says, they don't want to own up to what they are doing.
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Some scientists seem to be making the design connection, as this AP story indicates, but as Bill Dembski "cattily" says, they don't want to own up to what they are doing.
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"Holly needs to lose 10 pounds of fat," Jayde, who once cattily sent Holly a basket full of candy when she knew her co-star was dieting, recently told Life & Style.
Holly Madison Unretouched In A Bikini, Talking Weight Gain (PHOTO) 2011
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Seitzman, who proudly and loudly presents himself as Polanski's moral superior, responded by cattily deconstructing my post, but only the parts which castigate people of Setizman's ilk.
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Seitzman, who proudly and loudly presents himself as Polanski's moral superior, responded by cattily deconstructing my post, but only the parts which castigate people of Setizman's ilk.
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Britney cattily criticized her shoes and her hair "as a friend."
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12 : (Mala)Props to the Houseguests. 2010
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Britney cattily criticized her shoes and her hair "as a friend."
Tallulah Morehead: Big Brother 12: (Mala)Props to the Houseguests. 2010
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But then a sense of mild personal needle between the two benches – Warnock and Dave Jones disagreed a little cattily over late Cardiff appeals for a penalty – only added to the spectacle in a rousing game that had pretty much everything, including some fine passing football and the bonus of both teams pressing for a win when a draw might have been settled for.
Adel Taarabt's guile and craft sink Cardiff and have QPR flying high Barney Ronay at Loftus Road 2010
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And here's Maureen Dowd, cattily mocking Obama because he recently acknowledged to Gulf residents that there are limits to his own power, which Dowd characterizes as so much whining:
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Seitzman, who proudly and loudly presents himself as Polanski's moral superior, responded by cattily deconstructing my post, but only the parts which castigate people of Setizman's ilk.
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