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assholishly en · ADV

Etymology

From assholish + -ly.

Meanings

1. (slang, vulgar) In an assholish manner; rudely.
   • I declared myself a wine expert, wrongly and assholishly, during my senior year of college, for a simple reason: because I was in college. 2007, Eric Arnold, First Big Crush: The Down and Dirty on Making Great Wine Down Under, Scribner, →ISBN, page xi:
   • Even if the particular rudester never learns of their ignominious star turn on the Internet, the fear of being similarly exposed should deter other rude people from acting assholishly to the rest of us. 2014, Amy Alkon, Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 13:
   • “Sorry,” she said. “That was assholishly ungrateful. I've never had much of a filter and cancer's no mood enhancer.” 2011, Jonathan Kellerman, Mystery, Ballantine, →ISBN, page 45:

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