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Meaning of trimmingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. With reprimand or chastising.
    colloquial, dated
  2. So as to trim, or switch between favouring different parties.
    dated

Examples

“Well, really, I think when one looks about Europe, One may say that matters are going on swimmingly For a party who likes to give fools and knaves due rope, And then seize the opening to lecture them trimmingly.”
“The French carry it trimmingly, and direct every thing to their main point of the Spanish succession. In all probability they will favour that party which gives them the best assurances in that particular[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

trimodally trimorphically trinationally trinely trinomially tripartitely

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