Meanings
adjectivemisruly (comparative more misruly, superlative most misruly)
comparative more misruly · superlative most misruly
- obsoleteunruly
[…] While no man seeketh to reflect the wrong, / And curb the range of his misruly tongue?
1597, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes. First Three Bookes, of Tooth-lesse Satyrs. […], London: […] Thomas Creede, for Robert Dexter, →OCLC
Origin
- Middle Englishmisrewle
- Englishmisruly
From Middle English misrewle, misruly, mysrewly, mysrule; equivalent to mis- + ruly.
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APA
misruly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misruly
MLA
“misruly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misruly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misruly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misruly.
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