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peacockly

peacockly adjective: synonym of peacockish (“striking; ostentatious”).

Adjective

peacockly (comparative more peacockly, superlative most peacockly)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of peacockish (“striking; ostentatious”).
    • First came the drum-major, that important and most peacockly personage, regulating the direction and progress of the band by the graceful flourish of the gold-headed "baton."1835, The Military and Naval Magazine of the United States
    Synonyms:
    peacockish

Synonyms of peacockly

Forms of peacockly

comparativemore peacockly
superlativemost peacockly

Origin of peacockly

From peacock + -ly.

Questions about peacockly

What does peacockly mean?
Peacockly means synonym of peacockish (“striking; ostentatious”).
What part of speech is peacockly?
Peacockly is an adjective.

Words near peacockly in the dictionary

  1. peacockish
  2. peacockishly
  3. peacockishness
  4. peacockism
  5. peacocklike
  6. peacockly
  7. peacocks
  8. peacockwise
  9. peacocky
  10. peacod
  11. peacods

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