adv. [f. BURLESQUE, a. + -LY.] In a burlesque manner.
1817. Coleridge, Biog. Lit., 221. We seem to sink most abruptly, not to say burlesquely.
1833. Q. Rev., XLIX. 41. [He] had ventured to assume the title, burlesquely ferocious, of Attorney-General to the Lantern.
