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Definition of Cockily
1. in a cocky manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cockily
Literary usage of Cockily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1861)
"quality in the pages of many historians who make no fuss about them as in the
essays of some of those who go about so cockily with the placard “Science of ..."
2. The Exemplary Theatre by Harley Granville-Barker (1922)
"But no, they would go cockily on until the giant Financial Interest, once under
way, now swallows them one by one, each at a bite. ..."
3. Ten One-act Plays by Alice Gerstenberg (1921)
"[She "smokes" the thermometer cockily.] Junta [Goes on talking to make her forget
length of time she is holding thermometer.] Once upon a time there lived a ..."
4. Richard Croker by Alfred Henry Lewis (1901)
"The State campaign was at hand; the " editor " was cockily confident of Croker's
quick and bowing complaisance. " I want to interview you, Mr. Croker," he ..."
5. John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro (1898)
"My glance could not keep off the shoulder of him as he walked cockily beside me,
a healthy brown upon his neck, and I shivered to think of this hour as the ..."
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