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coxcomically

coxcomically is the alternative form of coxcombically.

Meaning of coxcombically

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

Forms of coxcomically

comparativemore coxcomically
superlativemost coxcomically

Questions about coxcomically

What is coxcomically the alternative form of?
Coxcomically is the alternative form of coxcombically.

Words near coxcomically in the dictionary

  1. coxcombries
  2. coxcombry
  3. coxcombs
  4. coxcomby
  5. coxcomical
  6. coxcomically
  7. Coxe
  8. coxed
  9. coxes
  10. Coxeter
  11. Coxeter diagram

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