flinching--prophetes.ai

flinching, ppl. a.
  (ˈflɪnʃɪŋ)
  [f. flinch v.¹ + -ing².]
  That flinches. Hence ˈflinchingly adv.

1847 in Craig. 1883 Fenn Middy & Ensign xvii. 105 It held out one long thin black hand, flinchingly, as if expecting to be teased.

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