tonsorially

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adverb

In a tonsorial manner or context.

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Meanings

adverbtonsorially (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a tonsorial manner or context.

    Cold sweats among the tonsorially challenged.

    1994, Jack Zimmerman, Ten Thousand Years in the Suburbs, page 56
    2 more examples

    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[…]

    1974, Coleman Dowell, Mrs. October was Here, page 46

    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[…]

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

Origin

From tonsorial + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

torsionally
Cite this entry
APA

tonsorially. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsorially

MLA

“tonsorially.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsorially. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tonsorially,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonsorially.

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