It was no time for pugilistic chivalry, and my brother laid him quiet with a kick, and gripped the collar of the man who pulled at the slender lady's arm.
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Pugilistic
Synonyms for "pugilistic" (14 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
Adjective(5 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesbehavioral traitsport
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
5 entriespugilistic aggressionpugilistic footworkpugilistic rhetoricpugilistic stancepugilistic training
Inflections
2 entriesmore pugilisticmost pugilistic
Derivations
3 entriesTranslations
1 translations across 1 languages.
French
1 entries- pugilistique adj (Translations)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Mr. Christie, who as a presidential candidate has frequently suppressed his most pugilistic instincts, cast off any restraint and did what he does best: slice and slash.
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