bossily

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bossy +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

bossily (comparative more bossily, superlative most bossily)

  1. In a bossy manner.
    • 1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 26:
      She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]