boorish
adjective
of or like a boor; unmannered; crude; insensitive.
boorishly
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a word derived from
boorish.
Example Sentences
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And the fact that some of your higher-ups don’t seem to notice he courts their good opinion while acting boorishly isn’t shocking.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2019
Although Richards amazingly could now stretch and bend his body into any shape as Mr. Fantastic, for example, he could be as boorishly long-winded and pompous as ever.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
It is back in the news because Taibbi just wrote a new book, and interviewers are asking him why he and Ames acted so boorishly back then.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2017
That seems to be Alan Davies's stance on the recent controversy over the men behaving boorishly on The Big Fat Quiz of The Year.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
"Of course I'm glad, lass," he answered, boorishly, opening his knife again, and scraping away at the hedge-stake.
From Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
