Churlishly vs Churlish - What's the difference?
churlishly | churlish |
In a churlish manner.
* 1598? , Two Gentlemen of Verona Act I, scene II, line 57-8:
of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic
* 1996 , Jeet Heer, Gravitas , Autumn 1996
rude, surly, ungracious
stingy or grudging
(of soil) difficult to till, lacking pliancy; unmanageable
*1730–1774 , Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland
*:Where the bleak Swiss their stormy mansion tread,t
*:And force a churlish soil for scanty bread.
Churlishly is a related term of churlish.
As a adverb churlishly
is in a churlish manner.As a adjective churlish is
of or pertaining to a serf, peasant, or rustic.churlishly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- How churlishly I chid Lucreatia hence, / When willingly I would have had her here.
churlish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- [...] the eloquence and truth of his tribute stands in marked contrast to Kramer's churlish caricature of Kael as a happy pig wallowing in the dirt.