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dastardly
adjective
In the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
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The word "dastardly" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe actions that are wicked, treacherous, or cowardly. Example: "The villain's dastardly plan to betray his friends was revealed at the last moment." Alternatives include "despicable" or "nefarious."
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The last word must go to dastardly Didrich himself, Pilou Asbæk, who I interviewed on the side of a Scottish mountain last week where he's been filming new BBC2 comedy Stag.
It is now standard for architectural anoraks like myself to find ourselves challenged by smile-less security as we go about our blameless business – no loitering, no photography, no looking, as if al-Qaida scouts would do their dastardly work in this way or as if, years after the invention of the camera phone, photography can be controlled as it could in the age of the tripod.
Set in the world of showjumping, and centring on the personal and professional life of the devastatingly good-looking but dastardly Rupert Campbell-Black and his rival Jake Lovell, it's fair to say that Riders marked a step change in publishing.
Meanwhile, the possibility that Mr Juncker might now offer the financial services job to the new British commission nominee, Jonathan Hill, is variously seen as an olive branch, which it manifestly would be, or a dastardly Brussels power grab, which it isn't.
Now, Uncle Rupes is a quick learner – witness how he revolutionised the British press by relaunching the Sun as a tabloid in 1969 – so I'm sure he'll take to Twitter like a slightly dastardly duck to water.
And what about the scandalous waste of public money spent tracing this dastardly crime?
Referring to Kelly's efforts to circumvent cabinet, Keneally said: "If it was a dastardly plan, it was a silly one".
Nonetheless, the film is obsessed by the question of who would be dastardly enough to target him.Very few viewers will care.
Was Lyndon Johnson involved in a dastardly coup d'état, as Mr Stone hints?
Unfortunately, though, it offers an open door for cyber-criminals seeking to hijack computers for dastardly deeds.
This was not only because LTV had gone into Chapter 11 bankruptcy before and a repeat was widely expected (it was the third bust in the industry in as many months), but also because the excuse for its miserable performance was so familiar: dastardly foreigners are ruining America's once-great steel business, dumping rolls of steel on American shores at far below cost.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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