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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

You behaved boorishly, hypocritically, condescendingly, cruelly, and with tremendous entitlement.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2020

When he won the final last year, the crowd booed boorishly – and were correctly chided on court by Annabel Croft.

From The Guardian Nov. 11, 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

"You are worse," he replied boorishly; "you're a Fletcher."

From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow




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