ruffianly

1. 1.

   violent and lawless

   “the more ruffianly element”

   “tough street gangs”

   Synonymstough

   Similarviolent

Questions about ruffianly

What does ruffianly mean?

ruffianly means "violent and lawless".

How many syllables are in ruffianly?

ruffianly has 4 syllables and divides as ruf-fi-an-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for ruffianly?

Close synonyms include tough. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.