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wimpishly en · ADV

Etymology

From wimpish + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a wimpish manner.
   • Tanya de Grunwald, who runs the Graduate Fog website which campaigns for interns’ rights, said: “Many managers continue to hide wimpishly behind the defence that they are offering these opportunities out of the goodness of their hearts, in order to give young people the chance to gain some experience.” 2011 April 28, Shiv Malik, “Almost one in five British businesses admit using interns as cheap labour”, in The Guardian:
   • Religion has become either wimpishly workaday, or terminally crazy, or merely businesslike—confusing spirituality with charitable donations. 1989, Julian Barnes, chapter 8, in A History of the World in 10½ Chapters, New York: Vintage, published 1990, page 242:

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