ruffianly

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• Ruffianly — Ruf fian*ly, a. Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ruffianly — index disorderly Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• ruffianly — ruffian ► NOUN ▪ a violent or lawless person. DERIVATIVES ruffianism noun ruffianly adjective. ORIGIN Old French, from Italian ruffiano, perhaps from dialect rofia scab, scurf …   English terms dictionary

• ruffianly — adjective violent and lawless the more ruffianly element tough street gangs • Syn: ↑tough • Similar to: ↑violent • Derivationally related forms: ↑ruffian …   Useful english dictionary

• ruffianly — adjective see ruffian …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• ruffianly — See ruffianism. * * * …   Universalium

• ruffianly — adverb In the manner of a ruffian …   Wiktionary

• ruffianly — Synonyms and related words: bad, boorish, carlish, churlish, cloddish, clownish, disorderly, disruptive, hooliganish, improper, loobyish, loutish, lubberly, lumpish, misbehaving, naughty, not respectable, off base, out of line, raffish, roughneck …   Moby Thesaurus

• ruffianly — ruf·fi·an·ly || rÊŒfɪənlɪ adj. brutal, lawless, aggressive, violent, tough adv. like a bully, like a thug, like a brute, in a tough and violent manner …   English contemporary dictionary

• ruffianly — ruf·fi·an·ly …   English syllables

• ruffianize — ˌnīz verb ( ed/ ing/ s) intransitive verb : to act in a ruffianly manner transitive verb : to make ruffianly …   Useful english dictionary