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misruly

misruly adjective: unruly.

Adjective

misruly (comparative more misruly, superlative most misruly)

  1. (obsolete) unruly
    • […] While no man seeketh to reflect the wrong, / And curb the range of his misruly tongue?1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC

Forms of misruly

comparativemore misruly
superlativemost misruly

Origin of misruly

From Middle English misrewle, misruly, mysrewly, mysrule; equivalent to mis- + ruly.

Questions about misruly

What does misruly mean?
Misruly means unruly.
What part of speech is misruly?
Misruly is an adjective.

Words near misruly in the dictionary

  1. misruler
  2. misrulers
  3. misrules
  4. misruling
  5. misrulings
  6. misruly
  7. misrun
  8. misrung
  9. misrunning
  10. misruns
  11. miss

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