cockilyadv.

Brit.

/ˈkɒkᵻli/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkəli/

Forms: 1800s cockeyly, 1800s– cockily.

Etymology: < cocky adj. + -ly suffix².

In a cocky manner; with brash or excessive self-confidence; arrogantly, conceitedly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb]

crousea1525

forwardly1552

cockishly1570

officiously1598

cockingly?1734

protrusively1833

perkingly1841

self-assertingly1841

perkily1843

bumptiously1844

cockily1855

chestily1908

with (an) attitude1975

1855 J. H. MacDonald Let. 28 Dec. in Lett. Bank Charter Act 1844 (1857) 52 A national legal-tender note, of which we have now some £14,475,000 circulating on the very basis as those proposed by Mr. Salt, is here cockily assumed to be an imagination.

1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium i. 7 An amazingly handsome..cockily confident boy, who was staring with insolent approval at Emma McChesney's trim, shirt-waisted figure.

1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 13/1 An energetic, likeable, cockily pugnacious figure, but slow..on the uptake.

2003 H. Woodbury What Ever iii. xi. 126 Skeeter steps cockily down the sidewalk, whistling a happy technotune.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cockily
释义	cockilyadv. Brit. /ˈkɒkᵻli/, U.S. /ˈkɑkəli/ Forms: 1800s cockeyly, 1800s– cockily. Etymology: < cocky adj. + -ly suffix². In a cocky manner; with brash or excessive self-confidence; arrogantly, conceitedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > self-assertiveness > [adverb] crousea1525 forwardly1552 cockishly1570 officiously1598 cockingly?1734 protrusively1833 perkingly1841 self-assertingly1841 perkily1843 bumptiously1844 cockily1855 chestily1908 with (an) attitude1975 1855 J. H. MacDonald Let. 28 Dec. in Lett. Bank Charter Act 1844 (1857) 52 A national legal-tender note, of which we have now some £14,475,000 circulating on the very basis as those proposed by Mr. Salt, is here cockily assumed to be an imagination. 1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium i. 7 An amazingly handsome..cockily confident boy, who was staring with insolent approval at Emma McChesney's trim, shirt-waisted figure. 1949 Here & Now (N.Z.) Oct. 13/1 An energetic, likeable, cockily pugnacious figure, but slow..on the uptake. 2003 H. Woodbury What Ever iii. xi. 126 Skeeter steps cockily down the sidewalk, whistling a happy technotune. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1855
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