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Webster 1913 Edition
Dastardly
Das′tard-ly
,Adj.
Meanly timid; cowardly; base;
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outrageWebster 1828 Edition
Dastardly
DAS'TARDLY
, Cowardly; meanly timid; base; sneaking.Definition 2024
dastardly
dastardly
English
Adjective
dastardly (comparative dastardlier, superlative dastardliest)
- in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
- treacherous; given to backstabbing
Quotations
- "the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on...December 7th" - Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)