boxerly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

boxer +‎ -ly

Adjective[edit]

boxerly (comparative more boxerly, superlative most boxerly)

  1. Befitting or typical of a boxer.
    • 2010, T. R. Pearson, Glad News of the Natural World:
      Lenny boasts that he's been sutured in most capitals of Europe and had his fractured jaw wired in Atlantic City. He balls his massive hands into fists and strikes his boxerly pose, carries his left so low I'm sure that even I could catch him flush.
    • 2011, Jack Batten, Crang Plays the Ace:
      The other men at work, nine or ten of them, were pursuing more boxerly activities. Skipping rope, punching bags, shadowboxing, breathing through the nose.