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doggishly

doggishly adverb: in a doggish manner.

Adverb

doggishly (comparative more doggishly, superlative most doggishly)

  1. In a doggish manner.
    • That was predictable, Even Kingsley Amis, a great admirer of the late Ian Fleming, spoke of "the over-all inferiority" of the writer's last novel, and this movie is doggishly faithful to its model.1974 December 19, Nora Sayre, “Film: James Bond and Energy Crisis:'Man With Golden Gun' at Several Theaters The Cast Roger Moore Lacks Connery's Impudence”, in The New York Times

Forms of doggishly

comparativemore doggishly
superlativemost doggishly

Origin of doggishly

From doggish + -ly.

Questions about doggishly

What does doggishly mean?
Doggishly means in a doggish manner.
What part of speech is doggishly?
Doggishly is an adverb.

Words near doggishly in the dictionary

  1. dogging it
  2. dogging out
  3. doggings
  4. doggirl
  5. doggish
  6. doggishly
  7. doggishness
  8. doggitude
  9. doggly
  10. doggo
  11. DoggoLingo

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