coxcombically

adv

coxcombically

adv

Etymology From coxcombical + -ly.

1

Obsolete in the manner of a coxcomb

  • "Nowadays, the young people sit while their elders stand!" the Abbot succinctly said, riveting a curly-pated enfant de coeur lolling coxcombically beneath the nose of a doating Statilia.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 88

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