Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a blockish or stupid manner: as, “so blockishly ignorant,”
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Examples
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But what man can be so blockishly ignorant euer to expect place or honour from a forraine King, hauing no other argument or perswasion then his owne disloyaltie; to be vnnatural to his owne
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Then blockishly mumbling with a set on countenance a piece of scurvy grace, he washed his hands in fresh wine, picked his teeth with the foot of a hog, and talked jovially with his attendants.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Then blockishly mumbling with a set on countenance a piece of scurvy grace, he washed his hands in fresh wine, picked his teeth with the foot of a hog, and talked jovially with his attendants.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Spain; what man could be so blockishly ignorant ever to expect promotion and honour from a foreign king, having no other merit or pretension than his own disloyalty, his unnatural desertion of his country and parents, and rebellion against his true prince, to whose obedience he is bound by oath, by nature, and by religion?
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 Robert Kerr 1784
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But what man can be so blockishly ignorant euer to expect place or honour from a forraine King, hauing no other argument or perswasion then his owne disloyaltie; to be vnnatural to his owne Countrey that bred him; to his parents that begat him, and rebellious to his true
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 07 England's Naval Exploits Against Spain Richard Hakluyt 1584
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Then blockishly mumbling with a set on countenance a piece of scurvy grace, he washed his hands in fresh wine, picked his teeth with the foot of a hog, and talked jovially with his attendants.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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