Bullylike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a bully.

    "He was skilled, a natural, in things mechanical. He liked to boss and was often swaggering and bullylike in his playground behavior."

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"He was skilled, a natural, in things mechanical. He liked to boss and was often swaggering and bullylike in his playground behavior."

Etymology

From bully + -like.

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