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
You treat me piggishly, you write nothing to me, and I don't know what's going on, and how things are at home.
From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Constance Garnett
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
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
