donnishly

It strikes me as rather donnishly delicate of him, refusing to play Captain Obvious.

The Anglian Tower, York Carla 2010

He stood donnishly posed with jutted elbow and cupped hand and she realized after a moment that he worked with Nick at Waste Containment and that his name, which took another moment, was Brian Glassic, which rhymes with classic, which describes these cars.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

He stood donnishly posed with jutted elbow and cupped hand and she realized after a moment that he worked with Nick at Waste Containment and that his name, which took another moment, was Brian Glassic, which rhymes with classic, which describes these cars.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

He stood donnishly posed with jutted elbow and cupped hand and she realized after a moment that he worked with Nick at Waste Containment and that his name, which took another moment, was Brian Glassic, which rhymes with classic, which describes these cars.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

They were lost in discussion, their arms donnishly held behind their backs.

Microserfs Coupland, Douglas 1995

All the bespectacled riders seemed to be gazing quizzically, donnishly around them, as if looking up from more serious work.

NYT > Home Page 2011

He is the polar opposite of the donnishly restrained Sir David Attenborough and cites Johnny Morris as his biggest inspiration.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

He is the polar opposite of the donnishly restrained Sir David Attenborough and cites Johnny Morris as his biggest inspiration.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010