The more ruffianly element. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
'He's better than any ruffianly bodyguard or holiday tutor. From Wordnik.com. [An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football] Reference
On foot, the warriors had an even more ruffianly appearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Sailor On The Seas of Fate]
He is a blustering, ruffianly fellow, full of 'strange oaths.'. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
However, Jemal went on hoping, he being an obstinate and ruffianly man. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
A more ruffianly-looking assemblage it would have been hard to discover. From Wordnik.com. [Punch Among the Planets] Reference
Eight or ten ruffianly fellows came about me and wished to know what I wanted. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875] Reference
How speedily, notwithstanding the ruffianly check, did the site justify itself!. From Wordnik.com. [Last Leaves from Dunk Island] Reference
‘We won’t stay for news out here in the cold and the wet, a ruffianly evening. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
August 27th, 2006 at 1: 24 am PDT preempt microprogram alderman ruffianly: barbaric?. From Wordnik.com. [BlogBeat Rocking The Blog Stat Beats!] Reference
Hindoo minister, and another man, Imaam Shah, who is a very fat ruffianly - looking fellow. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
Men were ruffianly enough years ago in the country we have left, but they were men at any rate. From Wordnik.com. [Punch Among the Planets] Reference
"Coggins, my good friend," said the erstwhile Inspector, addressing his ruffianly looking associate. From Wordnik.com. [Partners In Crime]
But there was one man who had always been ready to champion her cause, the daring, reckless, ruffianly. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
She exchanged some words in a whisper with three or four ruffianly looking men, and said that she could let us have. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton] Reference
Only the baby — Nicholas — looked on with a cold, ruffianly leer, as if he had belonged to another tribe altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Falk, by Joseph Conrad] Reference
Avoid what is called the "ruffianly style of dress" or the slouchy appearance of a half-unbottoned vest, and suspenderless pantaloons. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
Grants were not of the class of people to approve of such a ruffianly act, nor were any of the other decent residents in the community. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
The community of miners which there gathered was consequently lawless and ruffianly, and its mode of government was distinctly primitive. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
Madame, and who, to the best of my belief, was also one of that ruffianly party who had so unspeakably terrified me in the warren at Knowl. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas] Reference
They were described as "a ruffianly-looking lot," and the speaker was sure "there was one man at least who had had his knife into some one.". From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
He fought them all, without a groan, until his strength was spent; and they, eager to do the will of this ruffianly king-maker, who was winning. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
If you are in distress and need aid, you should apply for it in a becoming manner -- not approach a stranger in this threatening and ruffianly style. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
The little beggar has his first experiences of a prison administering to the comforts of his big, ruffianly brother, probably a great hero in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference
This particular station was owned by some half-caste Portuguese, and worked by a mixture of aborigines and Malays, a most unpromising and ruffianly-looking set. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
Arietta's horse had been seized by the bit, and a ruffianly fellow stood holding him with one hand, while his other held a revolver that was pointed at the girl's breast. From Wordnik.com. [Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll] Reference
She piped out at once in her brazen, ruffianly manner. From Wordnik.com. ['Twixt Land and Sea] Reference
Mary Braddock had no retort ready for his ruffianly insinuation. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose in the Ring] Reference
There was a sort of ruffianly familiarity, a superiority, a scorn in it. From Wordnik.com. ['Twixt Land and Sea] Reference
First of all I was not going to run before a grotesque and ruffianly old woman. From Wordnik.com. ['Twixt Land and Sea] Reference
That plump, ruffianly Jacobus old maid in the tight grey frock had never taught her any manners. From Wordnik.com. ['Twixt Land and Sea] Reference
Only the baby -- Nicholas -- looked on with a cold, ruffianly leer, as if he had belonged to another tribe altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Falk] Reference
In a moment there was a marvellous change in the manner of Porter, and he asked, in reply to Allie, in a coarse, ruffianly manner. From Wordnik.com. [From Wealth to Poverty] Reference
It revealed my ruffianly looking companion -- in whom his nearest friends must have failed to recognize Mr. Paul Harley of Chancery. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Chinatown] Reference
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