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Webster 1913 Edition
Ruffianly
Ruf′fian-ly
,Adj.
Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
Definition 2024
ruffianly
ruffianly
English
Adjective
ruffianly (comparative more ruffianly, superlative most ruffianly)
- Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.
- 1922, Geoffrey Montagu Cookson (transl.), The Seven against Thebes, page 136 in Four Plays of Aeschylus.
- One righteous man who reverences the Gods
Shall shipmate be with a ruffianly crew,
And, furthering some scheme of villainy,
Perish with the whole tribe by God accursed!
- One righteous man who reverences the Gods
- 1922, Geoffrey Montagu Cookson (transl.), The Seven against Thebes, page 136 in Four Plays of Aeschylus.
Translations
like or having the qualities of a ruffian
Adverb
ruffianly (comparative more ruffianly, superlative most ruffianly)
- In the manner of a ruffian.
Translations
in the manner of a ruffian