wolfish
adjective
resembling a wolf, as in form or characteristics.
wolfishly
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a word derived from
wolfish.
Example Sentences
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In the age of social distancing, no celebrity profile can begin with the subject wolfishly striding into a hotel bar or daintily picking at a breakfast.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2021
Since 13 I’ve spent my life building this giant teenage museum, mausoleum maybe, dutifully, wolfishly writing every moment down, and repeating it all back like folklore.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 7, 2016
By noon the bored, parched teens were rocking the buses off their axles and wolfishly eyeing the big truck full of Cokes parked at the bottom of the hill.
From Slate ● May 18, 2015
Asked what figure he would settle for – the figure that would allow him to stop trading, to live in comfort for the rest of his life, one investment banker grins wolfishly and answers: "More".
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2010
When they saw me, they grinned wolfishly at Robbie, who put on the Roy Acuff record without turning down the television.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
