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thuggishly

thuggishly adverb: in a thuggish way.

Adverb

thuggishly (comparative more thuggishly, superlative most thuggishly)

  1. In a thuggish way.

Forms of thuggishly

comparativemore thuggishly
superlativemost thuggishly

Origin of thuggishly

From thuggish + -ly.

Questions about thuggishly

What does thuggishly mean?
Thuggishly means in a thuggish way.
What part of speech is thuggishly?
Thuggishly is an adverb.

Words near thuggishly in the dictionary

  1. thuggiest
  2. thugging
  3. thugging it out
  4. thuggis
  5. thuggish
  6. thuggishly
  7. thuggishness
  8. thuggism
  9. thuggo
  10. thuggos
  11. thuggy

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