Ruffianly

Synonyms for "ruffianly" (45 found)

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More general

6 entries
adverb of manneraggressionbehavioral traitdemeanormannerspeech style

More specific

8 entries
boorish conductbrutallybrutish aggressionbrutish conductcrude languagerough demeanorsavagelyviolent intimidation

Collocations

7 entries
ruffianly actionsruffianly assaultruffianly behaviorruffianly conductruffianly demeanorruffianly glareruffianly violence

Inflections

2 entries
more ruffianlymost ruffianly

Derivations

2 entries

similar

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Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

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Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar; but, gave no intimation of ascending; so, his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch, and a pair of grim, shaggy sheep dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements.

Source: wiktionary

One righteous man who reverences the Gods Shall shipmate be with a ruffianly crew […]

Source: wiktionary

By his side padded a big ruffianly collie, and he led by a string a miserable-looking terrier, at which the collie now and then snapped viciously.

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