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savagely, adv.|ˈsævɪdʒlɪ|
[f. savage a. + -ly2.]
In a savage manner; † recklessly (obs.), cruelly, barbarously, fiercely.
a1400Launfal 130 So savagelych hys good he besette, That he ward yn greet dette, Ryght yn the ferst yere. 1563Winȝet Vincentius Lirin. To Q. Marie, Wks. (S.T.S.) II. 7 Raigeing I say, nocht only aganis our mother the haly, catholik kirk, bot maist sauagelie aganis thame selfis. 1605Shakes. Macb. iv. iii. 205 Your Castle is surpriz'd: your Wife and Babes Sauagely slaughter'd. 1749Smollett tr. Gil Blas ii. vii. (1782) I. 174 Mergellina being..withal so savagely virtuous that she could not so much as endure the look of a man. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xiv, Captain Crawley looked savagely at the Lieutenant. 1891Kipling Light that Failed xiii. (1900) 223 He was savagely angry against Torpenhow. |