abluster

adv

abluster

adv

UK /əˈblʌs.tə/ · US /əˈblʌs.tɚ/

Etymology From a- + bluster.

1

With bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.

"Cer—" began Hunnewell, and then leaped to his feet, all abluster with temper and uncertainty.2020, Ernest Haycox, August Nemo, Essential Novelists - Ernest Haycox:
S'bin a treat, t'see him stalled abluster by Coxen.2020, Gilbert and Valerie Lewthwaite, Mari's Way, page 165:

1 more example

Frasham entered the café with great strides all abluster, making the tiny bell spring on its gantry above the door.2021, Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary:

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