tonsorially

English

Etymology

tonsorial +‎ -ly

Adverb

tonsorially (not comparable)

  1. In a tonsorial manner or context.
    • 1974, Coleman Dowell, Mrs. October was Here, page 46:
      Omerie, with his shaven head and Edwardian elegance, had permanently arrested his own development, tonsorially and sartorially speaking, at the modes of London in the Fifties […]
    • 1994, Jack Zimmerman, Ten Thousand Years in the Suburbs, page 56:
      Cold sweats among the tonsorially challenged.
    • 2009, Michael A. Dreese, The 151st Pennsylvania Volunteers at Gettysburg:
      On horseback he looked like the ruler of a continent. Obviously he took great pains with appearance—riding boots aglitter, near-shoulder-length hair tonsorially styled […]

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