Voorbeelden van churlish

• Given the huge importance of this collection it might seem churlish to introduce a note of caution.

• In the face of all this documentation and the stimulating ideas drawn from it, it is a bit churlish to criticize.

• In being asked to respond to a paper that does not claim closure it would be churlish to criticize its absence.

• Given the book's length, it seems not only churlish but derisory to suggest that it might have been longer.

• It seems churlish to criticise such a major achievement.

• It seems churlish to criticise this book, since it is brimming over with good stuff.

• This book is so brimful it seems churlish to point out what, in my view, is missing from it, but here goes.

• It would be churlish to pick fault at these levels.