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单词 piggishly
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piggishlyadv.

Brit. /ˈpɪɡᵻʃli/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡᵻʃli/
Forms: 1700s– piggishly, 1900s– pigishly (irregular).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piggish adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < piggish adj. + -ly suffix2.
Frequently derogatory.
In a piggish manner; in a manner suggestive of a pig.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
wrothec888
unrighteouslyeOE
foullyOE
naughtlyOE
wrothlyc1200
litherlya1225
unwraste?c1225
illc1275
vilelyc1290
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
unwrastlyc1320
viciouslya1325
diverselyc1325
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
badlyc1405
foula1425
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
noughtily1528
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
illy1549
naught1549
bad1575
evilly1581
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
piggishly1756
iniquitously1796
pervertedly1804
1756 J. Rutty Spiritual Diary (1776) I. 103 Feasted a little piggishly.
1792 S. T. Coleridge Let 14 Feb. (1956) I. 31 Mr. Hague, who played on the Violin most piggishly.
1804 C. Smith Conversations I. 86 She is very piggishly brought up, indeed.
1865 Catholic World July 546/2 Pigs not so much smaller than elephants as they ought to be, but piggishly shaped nevertheless.
1913 Washington Post 16 Feb. 3/3 His [sc. the grizzly bear's] little eyes twinkled piggishly.
1998 New Yorker 12 Sept. 40/1 What surprises us is not that..the hero succumbs to the temptation of a zaftig Jewish girl in thong underpants..but that he proceeds to treat her so piggishly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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