bossily

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adverb

In a bossy manner.

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Meanings

adverbbossily (comparative more bossily, superlative most bossily)

comparative more bossily · superlative most bossily

  1. In a bossy manner.

    She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]

    1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 26

Origin

From bossy + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

bossily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bossily

MLA

“bossily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bossily. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bossily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bossily.

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