Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a doggish manner; as a dog.

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  • adverb In a doggish manner.

Etymologies

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doggish +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Demeter loved the mortals doggishly but she loved her daughter like a crazy person, from the secret time of her birth on.

    Persephone Andrea Lawlor 2009

  •            Demeter loved the mortals doggishly but she loved her daughter like a crazy person, from the secret time of her birth on.

    Persephone 2009

  • Huckabee, who's chances of getting the GOP nomination are now about as good as mine but I refuse to concede! is apparently now happy to doggishly piddle where McCain points.

    John McCain is a scum-sucking pig. Haha Don Lewis 2008

  • She sat there long into the evening, eating lo mein from a take-out container, noodles hanging doggishly for a moment from her mouth if something had caught her attention on the screen before she had a chance to chew.

    The Position Meg Wolitzer 2005

  • Occasionally men now married, and living dully content in the prim suburban smugness of Pelham or New Rochelle, boasted of past friendship with her, wagging their heads doggishly.

    Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

  • She would laugh up at him and pat his shoulder and that shoulder would straighten spryly and he would waggle his head doggishly.

    Gigolo Edna Ferber 1926

  • Mr. Robert Cortes Holliday, that quaint philosopher frequently doggishly nicknamed Owd Bob, went to

    Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Christopher Morley 1923

  • He smiled doggishly as he picked up the phone, called El Centro, and asked for

    The Desert Fiddler 1902

  • Imagine the delicious feeling that surged in his heart as he prepared to plunge himself doggishly into the wild ocean of the Wakes.

    Tales of the Five Towns Arnold Bennett 1899

  • To us of the Lombard League, it was grievous that she should remain so doggishly faithful to her tyrant; though it is to be granted that perhaps fear had as much to do with her devotion as favor.

    Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

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