currishlyadv.
/ˈkəːrɪʃli/ In a currish manner.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb]
crabbedlya1420
cursedly1430
currishly1519
thrawnlya1522
crustily1578
scurvily1608
shrewishlya1616
doggedly?c1663
ungenially1858
crankily1864
ill-naturedly1865
cantankerously1868
dourly1871
grumpily1882
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adverb] > in an abjectly cowardly manner
poorlyc1385
currishly1519
dastardly1552
sheep-like1582
cravenlya1593
cur-like1627
dastard-like1835
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xii. f. 128 Thou..oughtest nat to holde courrisshly ageynst thy maister.
1576 A. Fleming tr. G. Macropedius in Panoplie Epist. 370 Goodwil and courteous interteinment currishly recompenced.
a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) i. i. x. 26 Whereat the Emperour being netled..used him most currishly.
1884 J. A. Symonds Shakspere's Predecessors xiv. 574 Gabriel Harvey..currishly vented his spleen against the dead man in a clumsy satire.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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