| 单词 | savagely |
| 释义 | savagely (once / 1154 pages) adv If you do something savagely, you do it with fury and violence. If you've ever seen a vulture feast on roadkill, you've seen something performed savagely. Use the adverb savagely to describe something that happens with brutal force or a cruel intention. On a blustery winter day, you might complain about how savagely the wind is blowing, or need to chop savagely at the ice on your car's windshield. Savagely comes from the adjective savage, from the French sauvage, "wild, untamed, or strange," with its Late Latin root salvaticus, "wild," or literally, "of the woods." WORD FAMILYsavage: savaged, savagely, savageness, savager, savagery, savages, savagest, savaging+/savagery: savageries USAGE EXAMPLESGrant, a widow who lived alone, was savagely stabbed 54 times in her house one night in July nearly a half-century ago. Washington Times(Dec 04, 2016) One man I treated had raped a woman in front of her partner and beaten them both savagely. BBC(Nov 29, 2016) As predicted, traders in overnight markets responded savagely, and stocks plummeted. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) 1adv in a vicious manner Syn brutally, viciously 2adv wildly; like an animal she cried out savagely |
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