savage
adjective
fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed.
half-savagely
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a word derived from
savage.
Example Sentences
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Only when the piano ceased did he awake to the fact, and then half-savagely he knocked out its half-consumed contents and turned inwards.
From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
"No, I hate them," was the answer, spoken half-savagely, for at that moment a tiny hand was deliberately laid on his, as Willie showed a disposition to be friendly.
From Bad Hugh by Mary Jane Holmes
