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brassily, adv.|ˈbrɑːsɪlɪ, -æ-| [f. brassy a. + -ly2.] 1. With impudence or brazen confidence.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer iv. 61 He doesn't mind sticking his bespectacled face into things and grinning broadly and brassily. 2. With a brassy noise.
1898Kipling Day's Work 94 Its band playing clashily and brassily a popular but impolite air. |