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piggily

piggily adverb: in a piggy manner.

Adverb

piggily (comparative more piggily, superlative most piggily)

  1. In a piggy manner.
    • In spite of repeated requests from investors to dispose of Argyle Village and stop the diversion of portfolio cash flow to pay fees, JMB retained the shopping center and piggily fed at the trough of investor assets.2009, David F. Swensen, Pioneering Portfolio Management, page 292

Forms of piggily

comparativemore piggily
superlativemost piggily

Origin of piggily

From piggy + -ly.

Questions about piggily

What does piggily mean?
Piggily means in a piggy manner.
What part of speech is piggily?
Piggily is an adverb.

Words near piggily in the dictionary

  1. piggie
  2. piggier
  3. piggies
  4. piggies in the middle
  5. piggiest
  6. piggily
  7. piggin
  8. piggin bottoms
  9. pigginess
  10. pigging
  11. pigging it

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