Doggishly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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."

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"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."

Etymology

From doggish + -ly.

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