piggish
adjective
resembling a pig, especially in being slovenly, greedy, or gluttonous.
piggishly
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a word derived from
piggish.
Example Sentences
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Then he breaks his word and takes another job; but this time, for reasons Playwright Raphaelson keeps piggishly to himself, it's hip hip hooray with the wife.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps she resented having behaved so piggishly at the station the day we came, and meant to take it out of Miss Shirley and myself.
From Fennel and Rue by William Dean Howells
The reason why the pig was so fond of his master was that Sir Walter had not treated him piggishly, but humanely.
From True Stories about Dogs and Cats by Eliza Lee Cabot Follen
They talk piggishly about pigs; and sluggishly, I suppose, about slugs; and are refreshingly horsy about horses.
From Alarms and Discursions by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
One day he killed five rabbits and Neewa ate four of them and grunted piggishly for more.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood
