pursily

Adverb

pursily (comparative more pursily, superlative most pursily)

1. Out of breath, breathlessly.
   • As the General straightened his tall, slight form, his tobacco-lighting accomplished, Duff Green, breathing pursily from a dash of trepidation, could not forbear comment.1903, Alfred Henry Lewis, chapter 2, in Peggy O’Neal, Philadelphia: Drexel Biddle, page 52
   • Mr Kernan hurried forward, blowing pursily.1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, London: Egoist Press, page 231
2. In a puckered manner.
   • She was dressed in a light morning “wrapper,” or robe de chambre, drawn pursily about her waist by a fillet or band, tied in imitation of a rosette in front.1867, Daniel Crowberry, chapter 12, in North of the Tweed, volume 1, London: T. Cautley Newby, page 153
   • And, the serious business of her Hollywood gossip column concluded, Miss Paris hung up and turned her lips pursily toward Mr. Queen.1939, Ellery Queen, “Long Shot” in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, No. 75, April 1959, British Edition, p. 28