bastardly

adjective

bas·​tard·​ly

ˈba-stərd-lē, 

British also ˈbä-

1

: of no worth or value : contemptible, mean

—usually a generalized term of abuse

quarts of that bastardly stuff

—Calder Willingham

I'm not just doing it to be bastardly

—James Jones

2

obsolete : of no authority : spurious, corrupt

apocryphal and bastardly canons which they father upon the Apostles

—John Donne

Word History

Etymology

bastard entry 1 + -ly

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Rhymes for bastardly

• dastardly