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Definition of Currishly
1. Adverb. In a currish manner; meanspiritedly. "He behaved ignobly"
Definition of Currishly
1. Adverb. In a currish manner; like a cur or knave. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Currishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Currishly
Literary usage of Currishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry by Thomas Percy (1887)
"If thou company with them, they wil currishly carp, and not care According to
their foolish fantacy; but fast wil they naught: Prayer with them is but ..."
2. Shakspere's Predecessors in the English Drama by John Addington Symonds (1900)
"After his comrade's death he was drawn into a famous word-conflict with Gabriel
Harvey, the Cambridge pedant and friend of Spenser, who currishly vented his ..."
3. Political Satire in English Poetry by Charles William Previté-Orton (1910)
"If thou company with them they will currishly carp, and not care According to
their foolish fantacy, but fast will they naught; ..."
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