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scullionly

scullionly adjective: like a scullion; low class or vulgar.

Adjective

scullionly (comparative more scullionly, superlative most scullionly)

  1. (obsolete) Like a scullion; low class or vulgar.
    • But this is not for an unbuttoned fellow to discuss in the garret at his trestle , and dimension of candle by the snuff ; which brought forth his scullionly paraphrase on St . Paul1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), J[ohn] M[ilton], Colasterion: A Reply to a Nameles Answer against The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce. […], [London?]: [s.n.], →OCLC

Forms of scullionly

comparativemore scullionly
superlativemost scullionly

Origin of scullionly

From scullion + -ly.

Questions about scullionly

What does scullionly mean?
Scullionly means like a scullion; low class or vulgar.
What part of speech is scullionly?
Scullionly is an adjective.

Words near scullionly in the dictionary

  1. scullionish
  2. scullionize
  3. scullionized
  4. scullionizes
  5. scullionizing
  6. scullionly
  7. scullions
  8. scullionship
  9. scullog
  10. scullogs
  11. sculls

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