英和和英

副詞

singsongingly (comparative more singsongingly, superlative most singsongingly)

1. In a singsonging manner.
   • 1960, Peter Martin, The Building, Little, Brown (1960), page 76:

     "Oh," Paul said singsongingly, to the point of satire, "is that the guy who has heard of evolution and remains unimpressed?"

   • 1998, Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, Camelot Fantastic, Daw books (1998), ISBN 9780886777906, page 230:

     "A phil-o-soph-er!" cried the Morgana, singsongingly.

   • 2011, Jane Borden, I Totally Meant to Do That, Broadway Paperbacks (2011), ISBN 9780307464637, page 133:

     “I’m so glad”, she replies. Then she pauses, allowing me a few precious seconds with the item before singsongingly adding, “OK, darlin’: Now wrap it up and hand it back.”

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