English

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Etymology

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From doggish +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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doggishly (comparative more doggishly, superlative most doggishly)

  1. In a doggish manner.
    • 1974 December 19, Nora Sayre, “Film: James Bond and Energy Crisis:'Man With Golden Gun' at Several Theaters The Cast Roger Moore Lacks Connery's Impudence”, in The New York Times[1]:
      That was predictable, Even Kingsley Amis, a great admirer of the late Ian Fleming, spoke of "the over-all inferiority" of the writer's last novel, and this movie is doggishly faithful to its model.