blackguardly
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From blackguard + -ly.
Adjective
[edit]blackguardly (comparative more blackguardly, superlative most blackguardly)
- Characteristic of a blackguard.
- 1882 September 2, Evening News, column 6, page 1:
- Blackguardly barneys called boxing competitions.
- 2017, Jan D. Hodge, The Bard & Scheherazade Keep Company, San Jose, Calif.: Able Muse Press, →ISBN, page 55:
- Slipping the rope from the jenny, he handed her off to his fellow in blackguardly deals, and with remarkable inconspicuity put on the halter and dug in his heels.