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porkishly

porkishly adverb: in a porkish manner.

Adverb

porkishly (comparative more porkishly, superlative most porkishly)

  1. In a porkish manner.
    • Ingenious men, spreading themselves most porkishly to retain a whole seat, when people are passing and re-passing to find a resting place.1869, The Ohio Farmer - Volume 18, page 536
    • But did he move them to behave as he wanted them to behave--reasonably, decently, or at least a little less porkishly than usual?1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 22, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus

Forms of porkishly

comparativemore porkishly
superlativemost porkishly

Origin of porkishly

From porkish + -ly.

Questions about porkishly

What does porkishly mean?
Porkishly means in a porkish manner.
What part of speech is porkishly?
Porkishly is an adverb.

Words near porkishly in the dictionary

  1. porking
  2. porking out
  3. porking up
  4. Porkis
  5. porkish
  6. porkishly
  7. porkishness
  8. Porkistan
  9. Porkistani
  10. Porkistanis
  11. Porkkala

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