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As his energetic, expansive presence suggests, the piratically goateed González Iñárritu is no gently contemplative chamber-drama auteur.

From The Guardian • Jan. 3, 2016

Philip Lynott, 1949–1986, singer-bassist, long of leg, long of jaw, singular smoky eye peeping piratically from beneath a lopsided Afro, is not generally counted among the top literary men of his city.

From Slate • May 28, 2013

Sammy had not ventured forth this time prepared for all emergencies, as he had the time that Dot and he ran away to sail piratically the canal.

From The Corner House Girls Snowbound by Hill, Grace Brooks

The circumstances are precisely those which I imagine would be deemed highly favourable by people piratically inclined.”

From The Cruise of the "Esmeralda" by Overend, William Heysham

This piratically minded thief must have seen them, for the spruce-clad oval, perhaps half a mile in width, was comparatively free from undergrowth where they had been working.

From The Girl From Tim's Place by Munn, Charles Clark