bouncerly

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1. rareBefitting or characteristic of a bouncer (security personnel).

   With bouncerly finesse, Frank forklifted his arms under Gerald's & plucked him off his stool, dragging him towards the back & the source of that incessant voice.

   2009, Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver, page 49

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   Surprisingly we were not asked to snuff them out as we entered. My most mundane thought: 'This must be a fire risk!' But there was no bouncerly discouragement. We filed slowly through to the dancefloor.

   1986, New Statesman, volume 112, page 18

   Those on foot cross their arms in a bouncerly manner, chewing gum so that you can count their fillings. The pessimists hold their batons. Gael scans the officers in view and decides she'll volunteer for an all-body pat-down […]

   2018, Caoilinn Hughes, Orchid & the Wasp