Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bastard; base-born.
- Spurious; counterfeit.
- Degenerate; debased.
- Same as
bastard , a., 5.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being born out of
marriage . - adjective Of no
use orpurpose ;useless ;worthless .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of no value or worth
- adjective born out of wedlock
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Examples
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I think it's cool that the tees just say "bastardly" and not "bastardly. com" That way I can go around pretending to be a badass.
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Dear me, this indifferent Antenna bastardly blubbered at this ubiquitous.
Planet-x.com.au » Caravans accessories Caravans Antenna travel park accessories 2010
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“The people behind these sorts of activities have learned nothing about the necessity of cooperative efforts along international lines—only how to be more and more skillfully bastardly.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Arrgh, I will blast the barnacles off thar bastardly backsides and make them walk the plank!
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“The people behind these sorts of activities have learned nothing about the necessity of cooperative efforts along international lines—only how to be more and more skillfully bastardly.”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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A nonsensical, roundly-panned “Bunker In The Sky” that was little more than a government-subsidized fuck-pad and a bastardly, macho exhibitionism at the expense of family and personal reputation, just to name a couple of them.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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I've updated my Etruscan dictionary to handle asterisks ie. wildcard searches but Actionscript is a bastardly programming language so it's not perfect yet until I get around some technical issues.
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I've updated my Etruscan dictionary to handle asterisks ie. wildcard searches but Actionscript is a bastardly programming language so it's not perfect yet until I get around some technical issues.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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I mean, in the show half the charm of Aang's character came from not only his acceptance of others but his childish charm, that one glow that even the most bastardly of men could understand and get behind. brainpoo
Shyamalan Talks Last Airbender, Compares to Star Wars and The Matrix | /Film 2010
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We still watch House too, and while it's not as sharp as it once was, the writers and actors still find interesting ways to keep him bastardly enough with occasionaly glimpses of humanity to make you care.
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