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Definition of Euphemistically
1. Adverb. In a euphemistic manner. "His violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away"
Definition of Euphemistically
1. Adverb. In a euphemistic manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Euphemistically
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphemistically
Literary usage of Euphemistically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia by James Orr (1915)
"This title is used euphemistically for "unclean things": (2) ... "Clean Things,"
euphemistically for defilements. ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1918)
"personification of the region of the dead the headless goddess is euphemistically
called "the good, beautiful west," or "the good, fine necropolis," or, ..."
3. Zulu-English dictionary by John William Colenso (1884)
"Chief's eldest daughter; applied also to all the chief's daughters; young lady ;
used, euphemistically, of a wild hog or hippopotamus. KOSI (In, plur Ama), ..."
4. Egyptian [mythology] by Wilhelm Max Müller, James George Scott (1918)
"... of the region of the dead the headless goddess is euphemistically called "the
good, ... even more euphemistically, "the good (goddess)," Nofret. ..."
5. The Book of Job: Its Origin, Growth and Interpretation : Togther with a New by Morris Jastrow (1920)
"Text again euphemistically "curse thee," as above I, II. ... Text again has
euphemistically "bless." The blasphemer is stricken with death. ..."
6. A New Commentary on Gensis by Franz Delitzsch, Sophia Taylor (1899)
"To have carnal intercourse with a woman is euphemistically expressed by i>x «13 (to
go in ... 13, or less euphemistically by by KU, xix. 31; Deut. xxv. 5. ..."
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