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cockily
adverb
humorous or disapprovinguk /ˈkɒk.əl.i/ us /ˈkɑː.kəl.i/
in a way that is very confident and too proud, so may seem annoying, rude, or funny to other people :
He waved cockily to the crowd before racing over the finish line.
The boy spoke cockily, but his voice was trembling.
He regrets the fact that he cockily turned down an offer to patent his invention.
A photo of one of the gang cockily posing with a stolen sports car was found by police.
He walked out over a matter of principle, cockily confident that he'd walk straight into another job.
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