oxishly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒksɪʃli/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑksɪʃli/
- Hyphenation: ox‧ish‧ly
Adverb
[edit]oxishly (comparative more oxishly, superlative most oxishly)
- (rare) In a manner like that of an ox.
- 1925, Aldous Huxley, “Wander-birds”, in Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, part I (Travel in General), page 29:
- The shy young man gazed like a calf, blushed when she looked at him, smiled oxishly when she talked, and forgot to eat his dinner.
- 2009, Adam Roberts, chapter 9, in Yellow Blue Tibia, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 114:
- He blinked at us, yawned oxishly, and went out again.
- 2017 July 31, Debi Moore, quoting Benjamin Percy, “Guest Post: Benjamin Percy Faces His Digital Demons for The Dark Net”, in Dread Central[1], archived from the original on 29 September 2017:
- I saw The Exorcist when I was thirteen, and I’ve never really recovered from Regan’s grinning gray-green face. The oxishly horned devil in Legend mesmerized me.
Translations
[edit]in a manner like that of an ox