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Antonyms for boorishly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : boor-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʊər ɪʃ



Definition of boorishly

Origin :
  • 1560s, from boor (n.) + -ish. Related: Boorishly; boorishness.
  • As in loudly : adv audibly
  • As in rudely : adv impolitely
Example sentences :
  • I have often earnestly requested him to eat his sword rather than handle it so boorishly.
  • Extract from : « Vendetta » by Marie Corelli
  • Or, sometimes, he would sit abstracted and moody, and answer briefly and boorishly those who interrupted him.
  • Extract from : « Lucretia, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Oswald never overtly exceeded the bounds of social propriety, nor boorishly inflicted his presence upon Esther's attention.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • He could not be so boorishly insolent as to forbid the meeting, and he could not be so blind as to expect success.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • She speaks to the artist; to us she is dumb, and ought to be, for we are boorishly careless of her and her teachings.
  • Extract from : « The Whence and the Whither of Man » by John Mason Tyler

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