Jeeringly vs Peeringly - What's the difference?
jeeringly | peeringly |
While looking with difficulty.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
As adverbs the difference between jeeringly and peeringly
is that jeeringly is in a jeering manner while peeringly is while looking with difficulty.peeringly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- most mariners cherish a very superstitious feeling about seals, arising not only from their peculiar tones when in distress, but also from the human look of their round heads and semi-intelligent faces, seen peeringly uprising from the water alongside.