posily

English

Etymology

From posey +‎ -ly.

Adverb

posily (comparative more posily, superlative most posily)

1. (colloquial) In an ostentatious and pretentious manner.
   • 2003, Kate Cann, Hard Cash, page 140:

     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.

   • 2008 June 13, Alastair Macaulay, “The Cross-Country Currents in American Ballet”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈposɪlɪ]

Etymology 1

Noun

posily

1. inflection of posila:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Etymology 2

Participle

posily

1. inflection of posít:
   1. inanimate masculine plural past active participle
   2. feminine plural past active participle