Definition of Badgerly

1. bothersome [adj] - See also: bothersome

Lexicographical Neighbors of Badgerly

badge-cove
badge bunnies
badge bunny
badged
badgeless
badgelike
badgemaking
badger dog
badger skunk
badgered
badgerer
badgerers
badgering
badgerlike
badgerly (current term)
badgers
badges
badging
badiaga
badian
badigeon
badigeons
badinage
badinaged
badinages
badinaging
badinerie
badineries
badious

Literary usage of Badgerly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1894)
"badgerly went home like a demon ; called his wife a false woman : vowed he'd ... badgerly was right fI did tell you ? I know I did : but when dear Mrs. ..."

2. A Draught of Lethe: The Romance of an Artist by Albert Eubule Evans (1891)
"Mr. badgerly handed me a chair, with a certain air of distinction, as if he would ... Then a fresh attack was made upon me— this time by Mrs. badgerly. ..."

3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1850)
"But just at this time the Misses badgerly are leisurely putting on their shawls at their own house, and mean to pick the pocket of your ear of that sermon. ..."

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