Boxerly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Befitting or typical of a boxer.

    "Lenny boasts that he's been sutured in most capitals of Europe and had his fractured jaw wired in Atlantic City. He balls his massive hands into fists and strikes his boxerly pose, carries his left so low I'm sure that even I could catch him flush."

Example

More examples

"Lenny boasts that he's been sutured in most capitals of Europe and had his fractured jaw wired in Atlantic City. He balls his massive hands into fists and strikes his boxerly pose, carries his left so low I'm sure that even I could catch him flush."

Etymology

From boxer + -ly.

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