Definition of "coxcombically" [coxcombically]

• In the manner of a coxcomb (adverb)

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• "The fault of Pope's edition is, that he has comically and coxcombically marked the Beauties: which is vile, as if you were to chalk up the cheek and across the nose of a handsome woman in red chalk to shew where the comeliest parts lay."