Latin

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Etymology

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From pugil (fighter, pugilist) +‎ -ice (adverbially rebracketed form of -icus, pertaining to).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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pugilicē (not comparable)

  1. like a boxer; vigorously, stoutly
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References

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  • pugilice”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pugilice in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.