Doggishly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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