poshly

Similarly John Humphrys, in his book Lost for Words, writes "They people who deliberately speak 'poshly' try to speak like the Queen or even Brian Sewell, the only man I have ever met who makes the Queen sound common."

Archive 2008-05-01 2008

She's actually speaking quite "poshly" (probably to be understandable to Americans), but she still sounds like a kiwi chick, not an Aussie.

AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters 2009

While that is above the $100 range a square foot that some Houston office buildings are currently selling for, the poshly appointed property might have fetched between $200 and $225 a square foot before the financial downturn, according to Tom Fish, a real-estate investment banker with Jones Lang LaSalle in Houston.

Selling a 'Fraud' Portfolio Maura Webber Sadovi 2010

When his hood was removed, he was in a poshly decorated room, which made me think of The Prisoner for some reason.

It Must Be Noon Somewhere : Bev Vincent 2010

The place was small—thin and long, like any historical row house—but poshly decorated.

Sweet Deceit Kate Brian 2010

The place was small—thin and long, like any historical row house—but poshly decorated.

Sweet Deceit Kate Brian 2010

One poor lad was told "Open that window you grotty little man!" by a poshly spoken lady - little did she know the poor sod has 3 science 'A' levels and couldn't get a job anywhere else.

The Direct approach Newmania 2007

But zoom in close, and the scene is a little less poshly dignified.

Friday habits galateadia 2006

There was only a couple of hundred votes in it but, interestingly, the sharp-suited Ruperts who had aspired to be "Tony's" right hand man and the poshly-voiced Jocastas with the framed pictures of Alistair Campbell on their desks seem to have other commitments now that being a member of the Labour party means actual work as opposed to merely mincing around wielding mobile phones and trying to look important.

Sadie's Tavern: Henley Was a Triumph, plus Winchester 2008

Mr. King, a scratch golfer who has been with TaylorMade-Adidas for more than 25 years, was holding court from the large, poshly outfitted Adidas booth on the exhibition-hall floor.

The Patient Is Stable 2008