waspishness

She was concerned for him, and it came out as waspishness.

I caught a slight undercurrent of waspishness to his words.

"I told you we wouldn't be," Adele said, letting waspishness color her tone.

Her voice, however, currently held a note of waspishness that didn't match her beauty.

There was a faint waspishness about her voice.

The movement emphasized the waspishness of his appearance.

Their waspishness had fondness to it.

Damia was so appalled at the waspishness of her tone that she extended her hand toward him apologetically.

Laud, writing on the occasion, advised him to be 'mindful of the waspishness of these times.'

Shelly's hands were clasped dutifully behind her back, carefully not touching anything, so Anna stifled her waspishness.

Then, somewhat regretting the waspishness of that reply, added, "My mother used to light one-just one, as a reminder to the Triad, she used to say.

Gielgud's vignette as Charles Ryder's father in Brideshead Revisited (1981) perfectly caught the waspishness of the character.

The Takisian realized that some of his waspishness was due to Jay's having caught the alien doing a silly little hop-skip step up the stained concrete steps.

Few could be cited: over-punctilio which might be construed as waspishness; an intrepid pertinacity which could be considered ruthless.

But they persisted; her waspishness grew to uncontrollable proportions, her ankles hurt abominably and she was absolutely convinced that the gravity in Callisto Station was set too high.

I felt strongly how much I'd miss him, his drollery, his waspishness, his scorn, his occasional generosity, and his perceptive intelligence, often wrapped in almost impenetrable obliquities.

'Never mind,' said Harte, fiddling with his paper-knife: and then in an unconquerable jet of waspishness, 'but I will tell you this - your topsails are a disgrace to the service.

But then again, considering the many joking ways he has tried to remove the sting from his WASPishness, maybe Mr. Brookhiser is basically just kidding - or wishes he were.

Lorinda recognized the voice the instant it greeted her in the unctuous tones it used when being introduced on television or radio (the waspishness came later, when he launched into the actual reviews).

All parts of Gaia are alive and equal in that respect, but some, like human beings, are obviously more equal than other," "Don't be foolishly sarcastic," said Bliss, with a trace of waspishness.

Through the years she has earned affection and esteem - we respect her judgement and sheer native genius - we appreciate her droll waspishness - we love to 'get her going' and hear the irresistible laugh!

In a country whose adoration of television makeover programs knows no limits - there are shows devoted to makeovers of gardens, kitchens and cupboards, among many other subjects - the hosts of "What Not to Wear" manage to combine the waspishness of Joan Rivers with the sweetness of Katie Couric.