Definitions
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- adverb In a
cocksure manner.
Etymologies
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cocksure + -ly
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Examples
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I did see the work-for-hire books also, which "quickly demonstrated the broncolike ability of the English language to throw whoever leaps cocksurely into the saddle," to quote the Boss.
Giving the pig a happy ending Roger Sutton 2006
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Ralph had wooed Jean ardently during the short furloughs which had been granted him, and from long distance had written a bit cocksurely.
The Tin Soldier Temple Bailey
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A hedgehog was walking along a road cocksurely chanting "It's nice to be fucking pig ..." again and againg.
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