cattily meaning

• Adverb: cattily
  1. In a catty manner

Examples

1. One responsible publication cattily dismissed her as a " media magnet ."
2. Visitors prowl the aisles marveling at, coveting or cattily disparaging the items being sold.
3. "Don't give up the day job, " the casting director whispers cattily to her assistant.
4. It is sometimes cattily referred to by its rivals as " Publicite sans Limite " ( Publicity Without Limit ).
5. They are too conscious of being white people in Africa, and too defensively, cattily contemptuous of white people who are not.