- superlative of cocky.
cockiest
Example Sentences
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Hamlin without a doubt was the cockiest of the four championship drivers leading into Sunday, undoubtedly soaking in his self-inflicted chaos.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
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
He cocked up his head, and he cocked up his wings, and he cocked up his tail, and, in short, he looked the cockiest little man of all little men.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Charles Herbert Sylvester
