'Ruffianly' definitions:

Definition of 'ruffianly'

adjective

Violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs" [syn: ruffianly, tough]

Definition of 'Ruffianly'

From: GCIDE

Ruffianly \Ruf"fian*ly\, a. Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'ruffianly'

From: Moby Thesaurus

bad,
boorish,
carlish,
churlish,
cloddish,
clownish,
disorderly,
disruptive,
hooliganish,
improper,
loobyish,
loutish,
lubberly,
lumpish,
misbehaving,
naughty,
not respectable,
off-base,
out-of-line,
raffish,
roughneck,
rowdy,
rowdyish,
unbehaving,
yokelish

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