Posily

adv, slang

adv, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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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