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bastardly

Variant of bastard

noun

  1. a person born of parents not married to each other; illegitimate child
  2. anything spurious, inferior, or varying from standard
  3. Slang a person regarded with contempt, hatred, pity, resentment, etc. or, sometimes, with playful affection: a vulgar usage

adjective

  1. of illegitimate birth or of uncertain origin
  2. of a size or shape that differs from the normal or standard
  3. that is not truly the designated thing but that closely resembles it: gneiss is called bastard granite
  4. not genuine; sham; inferior

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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