Gangsterly

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or resembling a gangster

    "And in truth it had been Mary's money that had kept them all for so long – the house in Holland Park, her father's gangsterly lifestyle . . . Not that she could tell Julia any of this."

Example

More examples

"And in truth it had been Mary's money that had kept them all for so long – the house in Holland Park, her father's gangsterly lifestyle . . . Not that she could tell Julia any of this."

Etymology

From gangster + -ly.

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