Posily
adv, slang
adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In an ostentatious and pretentious manner. colloquial
"The waiter posily slops a bit of wine into my glass, and I go through the cringe-making ritual of snorting into it and tasting a bit and saying fine, fine."
Example
More examples"The waiter posily slops a bit of wine into my glass, and I go through the cringe-making ritual of snorting into it and tasting a bit and saying fine, fine."
Etymology
From posey + -ly.
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