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dickishly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From dickish + -ly.

Meanings

1. (slang, vulgar) In a dickish manner.
   • Thwop! The heel of Joshua's hand cuffed me hard and mean behind the ear. Like I was a dog. He hadn't even taken his eyes off the road. "What the hell?" "I said the get. Not the gift. The get. Who said I was buying anyting?" "For God's sake, could you be more dickishly white trash about it? Hitting me? Are you for real? That hurt, Gunner." 2012, Adele Griffin, All You Never Wanted, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 58:
   • Being dickishly flippant is one of the joys of student life. 2014, David Mitchell, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life, Guardian Books, →ISBN:
   • "Just hope," Eric continues, "that he's not tempting fate's dickishly ironic sense of humor." 2011, Rick Huffman, The Last Night of Exile, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 211:

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