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carterly

carterly adjective: of a rude or churlish disposition, like a carter.

Adjective

carterly (comparative more carterly, superlative most carterly)

  1. (obsolete) Of a rude or churlish disposition, like a carter.
    • […] and thence ſprouteth that obſcene appellation of Sarding ſandes, with the draffe of the carterly Hoblobs thereabouts, concoct or diſgeaſt for a ſcripture, verity, when the right chriſtendome of it, is Cerdicke ſands, or Cerdick ſhore, […]1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 8–9
    Synonyms:
    boorish

Synonyms of carterly

Forms of carterly

comparativemore carterly
superlativemost carterly

Origin of carterly

From carter + -ly.

Questions about carterly

What does carterly mean?
Carterly means of a rude or churlish disposition, like a carter.
What part of speech is carterly?
Carterly is an adjective.

Words near carterly in the dictionary

  1. Carterization
  2. Carterize
  3. Carterized
  4. Carterizes
  5. Carterizing
  6. carterly
  7. Carternomics
  8. carters
  9. Cartersville
  10. Carterton
  11. cartes

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