blackguardly

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   dishonorable, unscrupulous, or characteristic of a scoundrel

   The fog closed around the lawyer and the blackguardly neighborhood.

From blackguard + -ly. Blackguard originally named menial attendants responsible for dark or dirty kitchen equipment, then shifted to 'low or disreputable person'; the adjective describes conduct or surroundings associated with such a person.

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