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Wolfishly

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a wolfish way.

    "I […] filled up an interval of silence by attempting to caress the canine mother, who had left her nursery, and was sneaking wolfishly to the back of my legs, her lip curled up, and her white teeth watering for a snatch."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in the manner of a wolf wordnet

Etymology

From wolfish + -ly.

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