Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Somewhat bad; of inferior character or quality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Somewhat bad; inferior.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Somewhat
bad ; of a quality betweenmediocre andbad .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She says, addressing Miriam, “Rest assured, you're at the top of the tree of lace knitters now: and that attention to detail over grafting puts you ahead of me, as I get quite devil-may-care over these, having come from such long exposition to in-your-face baddish joins.”
Archive 2009-05-01 Jean 2009
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She says, addressing Miriam, “Rest assured, you're at the top of the tree of lace knitters now: and that attention to detail over grafting puts you ahead of me, as I get quite devil-may-care over these, having come from such long exposition to in-your-face baddish joins.”
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Evil, rather than about lesser evil versus greater evil, or goodish versus baddish.
Blogging Against Disabilism: disabilism within disability Elizabeth McClung 2009
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But it was a baddish go, and though I was out of bed in five days, it took me some time to get my legs again.
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"Well, we were in a baddish way before he came, I own; but this new crotchet of his is past a joke."
Tom Brown's Schooldays Hughes, Thomas, 1822-1896 1971
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P.S. -- I have had a baddish fall, my horse partly rolling over me; but I am getting rapidly well.
Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant
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Mrs. Margaret O'Rourke, with the baddish cat following closely at her heels, entered the Bilkins mansion, reached her chamber in the attic without being intercepted, and there laid aside her finery.
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July begins unpleasantly with us, cold and showery, but it is often a baddish month.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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We had a baddish time, being very glad to get out of our shivering bags next morning (June 29).
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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We just pulled for all we were worth and did nearly two miles an hour: for two miles a baddish salt surface, then big undulating hard sastrugi and good going.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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