queasily

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English

Etymology

From queasy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

queasily (comparative more queasily, superlative most queasily)

  1. In a queasy manner; delicately; squeamishly.
  2. In a manner that makes one queasy; sickeningly, nauseatingly.
    • 1988 April 16, Elizabeth Pincus, “Taming Upstart Women”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
      These women vocalists are bound in chartreuse mermaid suits and capped with blunt, white-blond wigs queasily reminiscent of Kathleen Turner's mop in Crimes of Passion.