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coxcombically

coxcombically adverb: in the manner of a coxcomb.

Adverb

coxcombically (not comparable)

  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

Origin of coxcombically

From coxcombical + -ly.

Questions about coxcombically

What does coxcombically mean?
Coxcombically means in the manner of a coxcomb.
What part of speech is coxcombically?
Coxcombically is an adverb.

Words near coxcombically in the dictionary

  1. coxcomberies
  2. coxcombery
  3. coxcombic
  4. coxcombical
  5. coxcombicality
  6. coxcombically
  7. coxcombly
  8. coxcombries
  9. coxcombry
  10. coxcombs
  11. coxcomby

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