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Definition of Ruffianly
1. Adjective. Violent and lawless. "Tough street gangs"
Definition of Ruffianly
1. a. Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
Definition of Ruffianly
1. Adverb. In the manner of a ruffian. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruffianly
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruffianly
Literary usage of Ruffianly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"The figures, though coarse and sometimes approaching the ruffianly, look real
apostles, capable of doing and suffering. Then all arose, and thero rang out ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... though not given to praying, Sunk on his marrow-bones straight, in a fashion
godly and pious. Instantly rose a shout, a riff-raff-ruffianly roaring, ..."
3. War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations by Henry Stuart Foote (1866)
"... ruffianly Assault upon Mr. Sumner.—Drcd Scott Decision.—Tl indiscreetly exultant
over it, and the North indignant.—Att certain Persons in the South to ..."
4. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"It was probably in the southern capital that he became the scholar of Caravaggio,
a ruffianly painter of ruffians, who had fled thither to escape punishment ..."
5. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"generally imputes unchastity.17 A charge of lewdness has been held actionable
per se.18 The word "bitch," although a coarse and ruffianly expression when ..."
6. Sixty Years in California: A History of Events and Life in California by William Heath Davis (1889)
"... by Frightened Women—ruffianly Work of the " Hounds "—Mr. Brannan Takes the
Lead in a Movement Against the Desperadoes—Patrols Organized and Parade the ..."
7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1858)
"The figures, though coarse and sometimes approaching the ruffianly, look real
apostles, capable of doing and suffering. Then all arose, and thero rang out ..."
8. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1823)
"... though not given to praying, Sunk on his marrow-bones straight, in a fashion
godly and pious. Instantly rose a shout, a riff-raff-ruffianly roaring, ..."
9. War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations by Henry Stuart Foote (1866)
"... ruffianly Assault upon Mr. Sumner.—Drcd Scott Decision.—Tl indiscreetly exultant
over it, and the North indignant.—Att certain Persons in the South to ..."
10. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"It was probably in the southern capital that he became the scholar of Caravaggio,
a ruffianly painter of ruffians, who had fled thither to escape punishment ..."
11. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1917)
"generally imputes unchastity.17 A charge of lewdness has been held actionable
per se.18 The word "bitch," although a coarse and ruffianly expression when ..."
12. Sixty Years in California: A History of Events and Life in California by William Heath Davis (1889)
"... by Frightened Women—ruffianly Work of the " Hounds "—Mr. Brannan Takes the
Lead in a Movement Against the Desperadoes—Patrols Organized and Parade the ..."
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