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bossily

bossily adverb: in a bossy manner.

Adverb

bossily (comparative more bossily, superlative most bossily)

  1. In a bossy manner.
    • She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 26

Forms of bossily

comparativemore bossily
superlativemost bossily

Origin of bossily

From bossy + -ly.

Questions about bossily

What does bossily mean?
Bossily means in a bossy manner.
What part of speech is bossily?
Bossily is an adverb.

Words near bossily in the dictionary

  1. Bossier City
  2. Bossier Parish
  3. Bossiers
  4. bossies
  5. bossiest
  6. bossily
  7. bossiness
  8. bossinesses
  9. Bossiney
  10. bossing
  11. bossing about

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