Posily
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Posily is an adverb meaning (colloquial) In an ostentatious and pretentious manner.
Meaning
(colloquial) In an ostentatious and pretentious manner.
Example Sentences
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.
The men keep staring posily out at the audience like disaffected male models; the male-female partner work is jarringly manipulative; the recurrent emphasis on multiple turns, multiple jumps, balances on point, is mere flash.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include portentously, showily, pretentiously, pompously, posturingly, opulently.
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