coxcombically

English

Etymology

coxcombical +‎ -ly

Adverb

coxcombically (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) in the manner of a coxcomb
    • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 88
      "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.
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