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Ruffianly means like a ruffian: violent, rough, and criminal in manner. You can say ruffianly behaviour or a ruffianly looking man. It can also work as an adverb: to act ruffianly is to act in that violent, street-tough way. It is a rare, slightly old-fashioned word. Most people would just say violent, thuggish, or like a thug. You will meet it more in older books than in today's talk. The person-word is ruffian; this one is the manner.
暴徒般的、兇狠的（罕用）
組成ruffian + -ly.
同家族的字
- ruffianthe noun this is built from, a violent criminal
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ruffianlyadj詞源 1
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Like or having the qualities of a ruffian.
- Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar; but, gave no intimation of ascending; so, his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch, and a pair of grim, shaggy sheep dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements.
- One righteous man who reverences the Gods Shall shipmate be with a ruffianly crew […]
ruffianlyadv詞源 2
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In the manner of a ruffian.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。