dickishly

English

Etymology

dickish +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dickishly (comparative more dickishly, superlative most dickishly)

1. (slang, vulgar) In a dickish manner.
   • 2011, Rick Huffman, The Last Night of Exile, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 211:

     "Just hope," Eric continues, "that he's not tempting fate's dickishly ironic sense of humor."

   • 2012, Adele Griffin, All You Never Wanted, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 58:

     Thwop! The heel of Joshua's hand cuffed me hard and mean behind the ear. Like I was a dog. He hadn't even taken his eyes off the road. "What the hell?"
     "I said the get. Not the gift. The get. Who said I was buying anyting?"
     "For God's sake, could you be more dickishly white trash about it? Hitting me? Are you for real? That hurt, Gunner."

   • 2014, David Mitchell, Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life‎^[1], Guardian Books, →ISBN:

     Being dickishly flippant is one of the joys of student life.