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boorishly





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Mr. Niemann brushed off all advice, predicting he’d soon play at such an exceptional level that he’d get invited to tournaments no matter how boorishly he behaved.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

And the fact that some of your higher-ups don’t seem to notice he courts their good opinion while acting boorishly isn’t shocking.

From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2019

Although Richards amazingly could now stretch and bend his body into any shape as Mr. Fantastic, for example, he could be as boorishly long-winded and pompous as ever.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2018

To be sure, a few critics worry of a witch hunt and indeed some of the accused men might in the end turn out to be “merely” boorishly sexist top dogs.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2017

"What do you make of Master Freake?" said I boorishly, cutting short a lightsome trill, more Italian maybe.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by George W. Gough


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