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bulldoggishly

bulldoggishly adverb: in a bulldoggish manner.

Adverb

bulldoggishly (comparative more bulldoggishly, superlative most bulldoggishly)

  1. In a bulldoggish manner.
    • He enters the shop with his dog, a tough, stumpy, well-fed mutt. The dog is white with a black patch over one eye, looking rather like the dog in the R.C.A. Victor ads, except that he is shorter and even more bulldoggishly muscular.1978, David Galloway, A Family Album, London: John Calder, →ISBN, page 36

Forms of bulldoggishly

comparativemore bulldoggishly
superlativemost bulldoggishly

Origin of bulldoggishly

From bulldoggish + -ly.

Questions about bulldoggishly

What does bulldoggishly mean?
Bulldoggishly means in a bulldoggish manner.
What part of speech is bulldoggishly?
Bulldoggishly is an adverb.

Words near bulldoggishly in the dictionary

  1. bulldoggedness
  2. bulldogger
  3. bulldoggers
  4. bulldogging
  5. bulldoggish
  6. bulldoggishly
  7. bulldoggy
  8. bulldogs
  9. bulldozable
  10. bulldoze
  11. bulldozed

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