hoggishly

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adverb

In a hoggish manner.

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Meanings

adverbhoggishly (comparative more hoggishly, superlative most hoggishly)

comparative more hoggishly · superlative most hoggishly

  1. In a hoggish manner.

    And there was Talbot's great diseased appetite to corroborate a belief that expatriate educationists ate hoggishly.

    1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 318

Origin

From hoggish + -ly.

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APA

hoggishly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoggishly

MLA

“hoggishly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoggishly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoggishly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoggishly.

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