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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

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 Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot

She had kept on for fifteen years trying to find out the reality—if there was any reality—that hid behind appearances, piggishly obtuse to the interest of appearances themselves.

From Mary Olivier: a Life by Sinclair, May

They talk piggishly about pigs; and sluggishly, I suppose, about slugs; and are refreshingly horsy about horses.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Yes, your optic gleams piggishly bright, Russian Bear; It gleams with true ursine delight.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 26, 1891 by Various