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Blackguardly

adjective

Lacking principles or scruples. Synonyms: rascally, roguish, scoundrelly. "The tyranny of a scoundrelly aristocracy" , "The captain was set adrift by his roguish crew"

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"Blackguardly" Quotes from Famous Books

... are thronged with shaggy, uncombed ruffians, with greasy shoulder-belts, discoloured scarves, enormous moustaches, and torn hats. With what a Teniers' pencil the great novelist sketches the dingy precincts, with its blackguardly population:—"The wailing of children," says the author of "Nigel," "the scolding of their mothers, the miserable exhibition of ragged linen hung from the windows to dry, spoke the wants and distresses of the wretched inhabitants; while the sounds of complaint were mocked and overwhelmed ...

— Old and New London - Volume I • Walter Thornbury

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... Does he—do you think I've nothing better to do than to offer myself to be thumped by every blackguardly bruiser ...

— In the Roaring Fifties • Edward Dyson

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... very simple lesson it is, just this: Ireland cannot be put down. Ireland always has her way in the end. If the opposite view is widely held the explanation lies on the surface. Two causes have co-operated to produce the illusion. Everybody agrees that Great Britain has acted in a most blackguardly fashion towards Ireland; everybody assumes that blackguardism always succeeds in this world, therefore Ireland is a failure. The only flaw in this syllogism is that it is in direct conflict with every known fact. For the rest we have to thank ...

— The Open Secret of Ireland • T. M. Kettle

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Words linked to "Blackguardly" : scoundrelly, dishonest, blackguard, dishonorable