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Definition of Scoundrelly
1. Adjective. Lacking principles or scruples. "The captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"
Exact synonyms: Blackguardly, Rascally, Roguish
Similar to: Dishonest, Dishonorable
Derivative terms: Blackguard, Rascal, Roguishness, Scoundrel
Similar to: Dishonest, Dishonorable
Derivative terms: Blackguard, Rascal, Roguishness, Scoundrel
Definition of Scoundrelly
1. Adjective. Like or befitting a scoundrel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scoundrelly
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scoundrelly
Literary usage of Scoundrelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"scoundrelly, rascally. We have in this history л scoundrelly Lovelace. ...
1 had mustered the scoundrelly dragoons ten minutes ago. ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... an immense laugh from four hundred people round about us, and the scoundrelly
... though I have never to this day been able to pardon the scoundrelly ..."
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