coxcombically

in the manner of a coxcomb

Adverb

  1. in the manner of a coxcomb
    • "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. - 1919, Ronald Firbank,...

Origin

Etymology tree English coxcombical Middle English -ly English -ly English coxcombically From coxcombical + -ly.