tonsorially

English

Etymology

tonsorial +‎ -ly

Adverb

tonsorially (not comparable)

1. In a tonsorial manner or context.
   • 1974, Coleman Dowell, Mrs. October was Here, page 46:

     Omerie, with his shaven head and Edwardian elegance, had permanently arrested his own development, tonsorially and sartorially speaking, at the modes of London in the Fifties […]

   • 1994, Jack Zimmerman, Ten Thousand Years in the Suburbs, page 56:

     Cold sweats among the tonsorially challenged.

   • 2009, Michael A. Dreese, The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg:

     On horseback he looked like the ruler of a continent. Obviously he took great pains with appearance—riding boots aglitter, near-shoulder-length hair tonsorially styled […]

Anagrams

• torsionally