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oxishly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɑksɪʃli/ (General-American)
• /ˈɒksɪʃli/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From oxish + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) In a manner like that of an ox.
   • The shy young man gazed like a calf, blushed when she looked at him, smiled oxishly when she talked, and forgot to eat his dinner. 1925, Aldous Huxley, “Wander-birds”, in Along the Road: Notes and Essays of a Tourist, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, part I (Travel in General), page 29:
   • He blinked at us, yawned oxishly, and went out again. 2009, Adam Roberts, chapter 9, in Yellow Blue Tibia, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, page 114:
   • I saw The Exorcist when I was thirteen, and I’ve never really recovered from Regan’s grinning gray-green face. The oxishly horned devil in Legend mesmerized me. 2017 July 31, Debi Moore, quoting Benjamin Percy, “Guest Post: Benjamin Percy Faces His Digital Demons for The Dark Net”, in Dread Central, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2017:

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