cocky
adjective
cockiest
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superlativeof cocky.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Especially in recent years, as the city grapples with what often feels like an unending stream of plopped-in arrivals from New York, the country’s cockiest metropolis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2020
In other words, he was one of the cockiest players I've ever seen.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 11, 2020
In “The Right Stuff” Tom Wolfe revealed that the seven Mercury astronauts – the cockiest, most sneeringly confident fighter pilots on the planet – were terrified all the time.
From Forbes ● Oct. 22, 2014
Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA The cockiest Lonnie Donegan wannabe in Nottingham tears up the roots of rock'n'roll by making like a Sun Records bluegrass balladeer appealing against an Asbo.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
By tradition, the Planeteers were the cockiest gang that ever blasted through high vacuum.
From Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin
