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porkishly

adv

Etymology

From porkish + -ly.

  1. derived from porcus
  2. derived from porc
  3. inherited from pork
  4. suffixed as porkish — “pork + ish”
  5. suffixed as porkishly — “porkish + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a porkish manner.

    • Ingenious men, spreading themselves most porkishly to retain a whole seat, when people are passing and re-passing to find a resting place.
    • But did he move them to behave as he wanted them to behave--reasonably, decently, or at least a little less porkishly than usual?

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