† peacockwiseadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In the manner of a peacock; ostentatiously.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > [adverb]
boggishlya1375
with great renowna1400
jettingly1440
flourishingly?1545
rufflingly1575
flaunt-a-flaunt1576
peacock-like1576
peacockwise1577
peacockly1580
aflaunt1584
vauntingly1593
wealth boastingly1593
prankingly1610
fastuously1654
ostentativelya1658
ostentously1665
ostentatiously1671
showily1755
violently1771
paradingly1792
peacockically1834
peacockishly1834
pretentiously1848
ostensibly1855
slangily1858
peacocky1860
splurgily1887
swankily1924
glitzily1982
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 4/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I He..that..peacockwise setteth hymselfe forth to the gaze.
1895 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 231/2 They watched it lying in the form of a fish,..and the head was lost, the tail spread peacockwise and evaporated slowly in that likeness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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