Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a euphemistic manner; as a euphemism.
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- adverb In a
euphemistic manner.
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- adverb in a euphemistic manner
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Examples
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So we'll use the word euphemistically and mock them with our scare quotes.
Paying attention to something other than myself for once StyleyGeek 2006
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Marr used the word euphemistically to propagate his theories that Jews were not a religion, but a race that would, through assimilation, cause the destruction of the German race.
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So we'll use the word euphemistically and mock them with our scare quotes.
Archive 2006-12-01 StyleyGeek 2006
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I note that some reports spelled the word euphemistically as "cajones", which preserves the colloquial meaning but not the literal one.
Stop The ACLU 2010
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He apparently has a history of, let's call it euphemistically, "scandalous" behavior.
Tiloma Jayasinghe, Esq.: DSK: The Silencing Effect Esq. Tiloma Jayasinghe 2011
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He apparently has a history of, let's call it euphemistically, "scandalous" behavior.
Tiloma Jayasinghe, Esq.: DSK: The Silencing Effect Esq. Tiloma Jayasinghe 2011
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Sex education in schools is still referred to euphemistically as "education for life and family".
Poland at a glance 2011
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Does he support or enable keeping any Jewish settlers on the land conquered in 1967, even (I use the word euphemistically, as do its advocates) ‘by negotiation’?
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Given the booby traps that await the next administration - what Richard Holbrooke calls euphemistically a "daunting agenda" in the latest Foreign Affairs - it must be very difficult for these candidates to continue campaigning with a smile on their faces.
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It was the so called euphemistically named ‘plutonium credit’ that wa suse din the past to justfy the costs of nuclear power generation in the past.
What is the evidence against warmer MWP? « Climate Audit 2006
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