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Definition of Piggishly
1. Adverb. In a piggish manner. "Piggishly, he took two pieces of cake"
Definition of Piggishly
1. Adverb. In a piggish manner. ¹
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Definition of Piggishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piggishly
Literary usage of Piggishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poet Lore (1907)
"Do you know how you often impress me, Wann, as one of those mythical, gold-hunting
fellows, whom the sauer-kraut-gobbling, piggishly-filthy, common rabble ..."
2. Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1895)
"I went the other evening to the concert, and spent the time there much to my
heart's content in cursing Mr. Hague, who played on the violin most piggishly, ..."
3. Tanglewood Tales for Girls and Boys: Being a Second Wonder-book by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1898)
"In their sty, moreover, they behaved more piggishly than the pigs that had been
born so; for they bit and snorted at one another, put their feet in the ..."
4. A Wonder-book: Tanglewood Tales, and Grandfather's Chair by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1883)
"In their sty, moreover, they behaved more piggishly than the pigs that had been
born so ; for they bit and snorted at one another, put their feet in the ..."
5. The Daughter of Jorio: A Pastoral Tragedy by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1907)
"Do you know how you often impress me, Wann, as one of those mythical, gold-hunting
fellows, whom the sauer-kraut-gobbling, piggishly-filthy, common rabble ..."
6. Proceedings of the Annual Session by Colorado Teachers' Association (1877)
"He ate very piggishly, it is true, but he did cat enough food to show that his
digestive functions were fairly good. Overloading of the stomach and ..."
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