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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
- 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
Synonyms for boorishly
- aloud
- articulately
- barbarously
- blatantly
- bluntly
- boorishly
- brazenly
- cheaply
- coarsely
- conspicuously
- contemptuously
- crashingly
- crassly
- crudely
- curtly
- deafeningly
- discourteously
- disrespectfully
- ear-splittingly
- emphatically
- fully
- garishly
- gaudily
- harshly
- imprudently
- indecently
- indecorously
- insolently
- loudly
- noisily
- obstreperously
- obtrusively
- ostentatiously
- piercingly
- powerfully
- resonantly
- resounding
- ringingly
- roughly
- rudely
- sassily
- sharply
- showily
- shrilly
- snootily
- tactlessly
- tastelessly
- tawdrily
- theatrically
- thunderingly
- unabashedly
- uncivilly
- uncouthly
- ungraciously
- uproariously
- vehemently
- vociferously
- vulgarly
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