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jerkishly

jerkishly adverb: in a jerkish manner; rudely.

Adverb

jerkishly (comparative more jerkishly, superlative most jerkishly)

  1. (informal) In a jerkish manner; rudely.
    • But while it was true that people could not-click for reasons having nothing to do with whether or not they were good people, if Ned had as much experience in the Community as Maidjene said and was still acting as jerkishly as he had today, the odds were against his being one of the innocent ones.1994, Rosemary Edghill, Bell, Book, and Murder, Forge, →ISBN, pages 196–197
    • If I am wrong, and he did it maliciously... well, I have to agree with Mike.... I don't have much sympathy for someone who is behaving jerkishly (okay... made up word... but it works).2002 January 3, WhansaMi [username], “Re: Christmas present”, in alt.support.step-parents (Usenet)

Forms of jerkishly

comparativemore jerkishly
superlativemost jerkishly

Origin of jerkishly

From jerkish + -ly.

Questions about jerkishly

What does jerkishly mean?
Jerkishly means in a jerkish manner; rudely.
What part of speech is jerkishly?
Jerkishly is an adverb.

Words near jerkishly in the dictionary

  1. jerkings
  2. jerkinhead
  3. jerkinheads
  4. jerkins
  5. jerkish
  6. jerkishly
  7. jerkishness
  8. jerkism
  9. jerkitude
  10. jerkle
  11. jerkled

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