Toryishlyadv.
/ˈtɔːrɪᵻʃli/, U.S. /ˈtɔriᵻʃli/ In a manner typical of a Tory (in various senses); in favour of Toryism or political conservatism.
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1681 Heraclitus Ridens 8 Nov. 2/2 The Mrs. of the House being it seems Toryishly affected, would have two pence the dish for true Protestant Coffee.
1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. 20 May in Private Papers (1932) XVI. 91 How angry Jack Lee was when I talked thus toryishly!
1885 Amer. Law Rev. 19 72 It is safe to say that in this, as in other matters, this nation will be Toryishly slow to alter its fundamental law.
1991 D. R. Smith Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes 48 He was furious about a dreadful, Toryishly nationalistic review of A Set of Six in the Daily News.
2016 H. Brown in D. Lynch & W. B. Warner Cultural Inst. Novel i. 30 The dominant position granted English literature in American education might now seem Toryishly reactionary or nostalgic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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