blackguardly
/ˈblæɡ.ɑːrd.li/
blackguardly adjective: characteristic of a blackguard.
Adjective
blackguardly (comparative more blackguardly, superlative most blackguardly)
- Characteristic of a blackguard.
- As the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low French eating house, a shop for the retail of penny numbers and twopenny salads, many ragged children huddled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities...1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Carew Murder Case”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 40–41
- Blackguardly barneys called boxing competitions.1882 September 2, Evening News, column 6, page 1
Forms of blackguardly
| comparative | more blackguardly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blackguardly |
Origin of blackguardly
From blackguard + -ly.
Questions about blackguardly
- What does blackguardly mean?
- Blackguardly means characteristic of a blackguard.
- What part of speech is blackguardly?
- Blackguardly is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce blackguardly?
- Blackguardly is pronounced /ˈblæɡ.ɑːrd.li/ (US).
Words near blackguardly in the dictionary
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