Definition of Churlishly

1. Adverb. In a churlish manner. "The store owner treated his customers churlishly"

Exact synonyms: Surlily
Partainyms: Churlish, Surly

Definition of Churlishly

1. adv. In a churlish manner.

Definition of Churlishly

1. Adverb. In a churlish manner. ¹

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Definition of Churlishly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Churlishly

churchwoman
churchwomen
churchy
churchyard
churchyard cough
churchyard coughs
churchyards
churels
churg-strauss syndrome
churidars
churinga
churingas
churl
churlish
churlishly (current term)
churlishness
churlishnesses
churls
churly
churmuri
churn
churn out
churn up
churnable
churnalism
churnalist
churnalists
churned
churned-up

Literary usage of Churlishly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anastasius: Or, Memoirs of a Greek : Written at the Close of the 18th Century by Thomas Hope (1836)
"... nor churlishly avoids his person. Here I may consider all things my eyes embrace as my own ; and in a succession of short easy saunters, ..."

2. The works of eminent masters in painting, sculpture, architecture and (1854)
"The bequests of different individuals were very churlishly received ; that forming the Dulwich Gallery, to which we shall ere long repair, entirely lost to ..."

3. Sermons for the Christian year by John Keble (1878)
"Suppose the master of that inn had churlishly refused to take care of the stranger, except just as far as the two pence would go, what would be thought of ..."

4. A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1901)
"St. Antony punished for churlishly refusing Macanas a palm-branch (AD 306-395). One day St. Antony had collected some beautiful palm-branches, ..."

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