Ruffianly is valid Scrabble Word

Is ruffianly a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is ruffianly valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

9 letters word
18 points in Scrabble
20 points in WWF

Definitions for RUFFIANLY in dictionary:

ADVERB:

in a manner that is violent and lawless.

ADJECTIVE:

like a ruffian
Like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal.
violent and lawless

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a brutal person; bully

Words related to RUFFIANLY

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How to use RUFFIANLY in a sentence

Scarcely was it kindled ere I became aware of a ruffianly mob thronging to sack and spoil.
They did a great deal of swearing, and swaggered about in rather a ruffianly style.
Her master suddenly broke out in a paroxysm of rage, swore at her awfully, and accused her in a ruffianly way of being insolent to her mistress.
Soon the yard was a pandemonium, as the more ruffianly part of the mob hurled furniture out of windows, or ran off with anything they could carry.
It is upon that date, as I am informed, that that ruffianly glove fight takes place.
Indeed the wily agent had determined, now that the service was rendered, to sacrifice his ruffianly tool, as his presence might be troublesome.
Both were equally ruffianly, but the one had less of passion, less of feeling, and more of profession in the matter.
His conduct is meaner than the conduct of the most ruffianly burglar that ever worked a centre-bit.
There was no sound in the room without, and I believed that the two ruffianly followers were ignorant of what had happened, and had not dared to return after being driven away.
What ruffianly wooing! and not one of the actors knew their parts.

The ruffians look still more ruffianly from frequent contact with mother-earth and the clutches of one another.
Wagstaff would be compelled to make ample reparation for his ruffianly act, did not tend to soothe her.
Out of these semi-pirate adventurers developed the buccaneers, a ruffianly, dare-devil lot, who feared neither God, man, nor death.
But what is going on now? here comes a crowd of big, hulking, ruffianly fellows, jostling the little people and driving them to the wall.
However, he had another motive besides the love of money, and was glad to have the cooperation of Rafferty, though secretly afraid of his ruffianly accomplice.
And what think you the ruffianly fellow did? I almost blush at the bare relation of it.
Pre-eminent in infamy amongst the ruffianly traders of the time was a certain Stewart.
Her ruffianly son was even now being conveyed by Leroux and his gendarmes to the frontier, where the law would take its course.
Macnaghten in the afternoon, his visit was preceded by one from his Hindoo minister, and another man, Imaam Shah, who is a very fat ruffianly- looking fellow.
That is why even the rather ruffianly Hereward is so great an enemy of saints and monks.
The congregation in the castle, though devout, were ruffianly in their lives, nor did he spare rebukes to his flock.
In another instant the branches parted, and Arthur Carlton, with his six companions, cleared the low brushwood, and sword in hand dashed into the centre of the ruffianly group.

Similar words containing RUFFIAN without suffix ly

ruffian13 ruffians14 ruffianed16 ruffianing17 ruffianish19 ruffianism18 humgruffian23 ruffianisms19 humgruffians24

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