savagely

[ US /ˈsævɪdʒɫi/ ]
[ UK /sˈævɪd‍ʒli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. wildly; like an animal
    she cried out savagely
  2. in a vicious manner
    he was viciously attacked
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How To Use savagely In A Sentence

  • The Roman satirists savagely expose the fawning homage heaped upon the childless rich.
  • Behind this carefully—constructed shield, he has lashed out savagely at those who have bettered him in the eyes of history and bettered him in the practice of Christian values.
  • She mocks their employer savagely behind his back and displays a kittenish charm to his face.
  • His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin. Vanity Fair
  • Companies invest when interest rates are low and capital is easy to raise, and then retrench savagely as rates rise.
  • Owenson's status as a professional woman writer was constantly abused by contemporary male reviewers, who savagely attacked everything she wrote.
  • He went down the wicket even to bowlers of extreme pace with the intention of making them drop the ball short, and when they did so, he would cut or pull the ball savagely.
  • During that time he was savagely beaten, he built and renovated a small house for himself, panhandled, spent days on end drunk, took drugs, rode along on thieving runs and stood in soup kitchen lines.
  • On the night Lincoln was shot, another would-be assassin put Seward's son in a coma and slashed the secretary of state's face so savagely that the doctor who saved his life said he'd "looked like an exsanguinated corpse. David Quigg: HRC's Choice: Seward or Chase?
  • Be aware that injured animals, even tame pets will bite savagely if given a chance.
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