单词 | veddy |
释义 | veddy|ˈvɛdɪ| repr. a childish, affected, or (U.S.) British pronunc. of very. Freq. joc.
1859E. Eden Semi-Detached House xix. 257 Charlie would gravely say, ‘Yes, veddy true, pooty Rachel.’ 1938Amer. Speech XIII. 157/2 For jocularity, newspaper writers..now sometimes write veddy for ‘very’. 1960L. Kauffmann Waldo i. 14 Elegant and veddy sophisticated and all that sort of thing. But wastrels. 1967J. P. Carstairs No Thanks for Shroud ii. 17 ‘Is that British?’ ‘Veddy,’ I grinned. 1975Publishers Weekly 24 Feb. 114/1 Note humorous anachronism as Dylan's fish-girl pours him tea from a bone china teapot—veddy British! |

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