Adjective : caddish behavior. From Dictionary.com.
Nor did he mince words, now that his caddishness had come to the top. From Wordnik.com. [THE UNMASKING OF A CAD] Reference
The movie that follows is an encyclopedia of pre-feminist caddishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Gasp of the 1950's, In Trashy, Sexy Cinemascope] Reference
Khamo - is from khamstvo which my dictionary renders as "caddishness.". From Wordnik.com. [Translating Pasternak] Reference
Despite or because of Flashman's caddishness, can fangirls enjoy them too?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Research has shown that they use facial gestures to mask the true caddishness of their natures. From Wordnik.com. [Training my Eyebrows] Reference
Stefan knew that he had behaved unpardonably, that he had been betrayed into a piece of caddishness, but McEwan had given him the cue for his defense. From Wordnik.com. [The Nest Builder] Reference
It is a challenge to caddishness, because it reminds us of a more gracious world of courtesy; and of customs which assumed a sort of dignity in human relations. From Wordnik.com. [G.K.'s Weekly - Christmas Must Go] Reference
Number two, directly related to number one: She reasonably fears being abandoned by a caddish man that she lusts after, whose caddishness has nothing to do with her "self.". From Wordnik.com. [Nina Burleigh: Franzen's Female Trouble] Reference
It would be rotten caddishness to send a policeman after her. From Wordnik.com. [The Madness of May] Reference
He would bemean himself sufficiently to overlook Frau's caddishness. From Wordnik.com. [Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life] Reference
If there's a point to Sorgatz's caddishness, no one has yet deduced it. From Wordnik.com. [Gawker: Valleywag] Reference
They had to be accepted, and their caddishness had to be explained away. From Wordnik.com. [Art] Reference
His caddishness, it appears, has no redeeming social or political value. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
She instantly berated her impulsive criticism as a bit of downright caddishness. From Wordnik.com. [Parrot & Co.] Reference
John Edwards 'caddishness, it appears, has no redeeming social or political value. From Wordnik.com. [Nevada Appeal - Top Stories] Reference
They may be the most delightful persons possible, without a trace of priggishness or caddishness. From Wordnik.com. ["Prigs" and "Cads" in Fiction] Reference
"It strikes me," the girl remarked ominously, "that to your caddishness you add a very sublime conceit.". From Wordnik.com. [Mufti] Reference
This season, he begins to find the right balance between Dan's lechery, ambition, and general caddishness. From Wordnik.com. [DVD Verdict] Reference
There was nothing of the man about him, and it did not matter to his sublimely selfish caddishness whether he broke. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903] Reference
A beautiful mélange of romance and caddishness, Carradine's song and his performance of it in Robert Altman's movie. From Wordnik.com. [Largehearted Boy] Reference
On the contrary, I was only wondering whether the honesty of voicing my hopes would nowise counterbalance the caddishness of the sort of stipulation they might imply. From Wordnik.com. [No Hero] Reference
And if I myself cannot be he, still I can be his John the Baptist, testifying of him, happy and enthusiastic in my solitude, in this desert of caddishness and provincialism. From Wordnik.com. [The Bride of Dreams] Reference
If today's bright young lasses are giving it away like insert-your-favorite-metaphor here, aren't trickery, caddishness, and moral disdain the proper response from young men?. From Wordnik.com. [AFF Doublethink Online] Reference
I can't help wishing that Hans Matheson had the curling moustache that Hardy makes great play with, but even with a smooth upper lip, his lascivious leer pushes the envelope of caddishness. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
The only way is to keep him at arm's length, because he is not disarmed by any generosity or trustfulness; the discovery of caddishness in a man is the only excuse for breaking off a companionship. From Wordnik.com. [Father Payne]
He had gone so far in the night as to think even of leaving Venice, and saw himself now forlornly wishing for some renewal of yesterday's mood to excuse him from the caddishness that such a flight implied. From Wordnik.com. [The Lovely Lady] Reference
You may sometimes think him silly, foppish, extravagant, or even caddish (as in "Il Fuoco"), but you have to admit that the English notions of what constitutes extravagance or caddishness are by no means universally held. From Wordnik.com. [Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911] Reference
"He showed his caddishness in introducing the English oar and stroke when he was captain of the freshman crew. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Merriwell's Races] Reference
caddishness - lol... there's a fair amount of that in the world, i'm sorry to say. i hope they got to watch the video. From Wordnik.com. [Google Fun] Reference
In the same way, Clinton’s caddishness was sort of a preview of an overly loose and freewheeling management style during the first two years of his presidency. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Character] Reference
His friends were shocked; ten years later, Grandy paid for his caddishness when he was denied entry to Brooks’s, one of London’s most traditional gentlemen’s clubs. From Wordnik.com. [Chaplin’s Girl] Reference
Also in the Dave Kehr on new DVDs: "The new year begins with two comedies of caddishness." film for 'moral equivalency' have to say about this one? ". From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
• preternatural caddishness of. From Wordnik.com. [This Preposterous Week In Review!] Reference
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