rubbishlyadj.
/ˈrʌbᵻʃli/, U.S. /ˈrəbəʃli/ Rubbishy, worthless.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible
unworthlyc1230
wretcha1250
seely1297
vilec1320
not worth a cress (kerse)1377
the value of a rushc1380
threadbarec1412
wretched1450
miserable?a1513
rascal1519
prettya1522
not worth a whistlea1529
pegrall1535
plack1539
pelting1540
scald1542
sleeveless1551
baggage1553
paltering1553
piddling1559
twopenny1560
paltry1565
rubbish1565
baggagely1573
pelfish1577
halfpenny1579
palting1579
baubling1581
three-halfpenny1581
pitiful1582
triobolar1585
squirting1589
not worth a lousea1592
hedge1596
cheap1597
peddling1597
dribbling1600
mean1600
rascally1600
three-farthingc1600
draughty1602
dilute1605
copper1609
peltry?a1610
threepenny1613
pelsy1631
pimping1640
triobolary1644
pigwidgeon1647
dustya1649
fiddling1652
puddlinga1653
insignificant1658
piteous1667
snotty1681
scrubbed1688
dishonourable1699
scrub1711
footy1720
fouty1722
rubbishing1731
chuck-farthing1748
rubbishy1753
shabby1753
scrubby1754
poxya1758
rubbishly1777
waff-like1808
trinkety1817
meanish1831
one-eyed1843
twiddling1844
measly1847
poking1850
picayunish1852
vild1853
picayune1856
snide1859
two-cent1859
rummagy1872
faddling1883
finicking1886
slushy1889
twopence halfpenny1890
jerk1893
pissy1922
crappy1928
two-bit1932
piddly1933
chickenshit1934
pissing1937
penny packet1943
farkakte1960
pony1964
gay1978
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [adjective] > of the nature of
drastya1000
drossyc1420
rubbish1565
excremental1576
excrementuous1576
dreggy1593
draffy1624
quisquilian1648
quisquiliary1653
rossy1657
ruderous1657
quisquilious1827
rubbishly1828
shit1968
shite1987
1777 W. Gostling Walk Canterbury (ed. 2) iii. 19 These outworks were never so well built as the tower itself, being become rubbishly and rotten, while that remains firm as a solid stone.
1794 W. Marshall in Rural Econ. W. Eng. (1796) II. 47 Some rubbishly ill bred Cattle, on these Commons.
1820 C. Lamb Let. 26 May (1935) II. 279 Shakspeare has thrust such rubbishly feelings into a corner, the dark dusty heart of Don John in the much Ado.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) at Rubbidgly A parcel o' rubbidgly stuff.
1860 C. M. Yonge Friarswood Post Office v. 74 The Prayer-Book..was in a somewhat rubbishly state to begin with.
1909 H. Bindloss Lorimer of Northwest ix. 95 The fur cap he could scarcely hold in one stiffened hand was of the cheap and rubbishly description that Jew peddlers retail to the new arrival in Winnipeg.
1966 Times Record (Troy, N.Y.) 8 Aug. 12/3 All plans for reform in this field are rubbishly and thus to be cast away.
1980 Times 24 July 16/5 The destruction of any book, however rubbishly, is unforgivable.
1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) Rubbishly bit o' stuff, that.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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