machoistically en · ADV
Etymology
From machoistic + -ally.
Meanings
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(rare) In a macho or machoistic manner.
He knew how to lead songs: just sing the first line, then smile and machoistically heave your arm.
2013, Mark Gaber, RIJICHO, page 126:so that our librarians at their annual rendezvous can no longer proudly and machoistically proclaim mine is bigger than yours?
1993, The law school and the university: the present and the future:Yurtle the Turtle placed the citizens of his world one on top of the other in order to see more and more and more, and therefore take more and more and more, and therefore feel more and more and more machoistically important.
1989, Eartha Kitt, Confessions of a Sex-Kitten, page 224:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most machoistically | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more machoistically | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |