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PRONUNCIATION OF PIGGISHLY

piggishly  [ˈpɪɡɪʃlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIGGISHLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Piggishly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES PIGGISHLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of piggishly in the English dictionary

The definition of piggishly in the dictionary is in the manner of a pig; greedily. Other definition of piggishly is in an obstinate or mean way.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PIGGISHLY


childishly
ˈtʃaɪldɪʃlɪ
doggishly
ˈdɒɡɪʃlɪ
feverishly
ˈfiːvərɪʃlɪ
fiendishly
ˈfiːndɪʃlɪ
foolishly
ˈfuːlɪʃlɪ
freakishly
ˈfriːkɪʃlɪ
haggishly
ˈhæɡɪʃlɪ
hoggishly
ˈhɒɡɪʃlɪ
lavishly
ˈlævɪʃlɪ
priggishly
ˈprɪɡɪʃlɪ
roguishly
ˈrəʊɡɪʃlɪ
selfishly
ˈselfɪʃlɪ
sheepishly
ˈʃiːpɪʃlɪ
slavishly
ˈsleɪvɪʃlɪ
sluggishly
ˈslʌɡɪʃlɪ
stylishly
ˈstaɪlɪʃlɪ
unselfishly
ʌnˈsɛlfɪʃlɪ
voguishly
ˈvəʊɡɪʃlɪ
waggishly
ˈwæɡɪʃlɪ
Whiggishly
ˈwɪɡɪʃlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIGGISHLY

pigged
piggeries
piggery
piggier
piggies
piggiest
piggin
pigginess
pigging
piggish
piggishness
Piggott
piggy
piggy bank
piggy in the middle
piggyback
pight
pightle
piglet
piglike

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIGGISHLY

aguishly
amateurishly
boyishly
cartoonishly
clannishly
cliquishly
coquettishly
doltishly
freshly
garishly
ghoulishly
hellishly
impishly
knavishly
mannishly
oafishly
outlandishly
peevishly
skittishly
squeamishly
uppishly

Synonyms and antonyms of piggishly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «piggishly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIGGISHLY

Find out the translation of piggishly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of piggishly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «piggishly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

piggishly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piggishly
570 millions of speakers

English

piggishly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

piggishly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

piggishly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

piggishly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

piggishly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

piggishly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

piggishly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Piggishly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schweinisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

piggishly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

piggishly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Piggly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

piggishly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

piggishly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डुकराचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

piggishly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

piggishly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piggishly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

piggishly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

piggishly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

piggishly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

piggishly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

piggishly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

piggishly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of piggishly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGGISHLY»

The term «piggishly» is normally little used and occupies the 130.928 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIGGISHLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «piggishly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «piggishly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about piggishly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGGISHLY»

Discover the use of piggishly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to piggishly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
God Speaks the Pastafarian Quatrains
Fate piggishly torments n. Feat torments piggishly n. Ghost gently simper in fat. Isn't prime fat hogs gently. Gently promise nights. Fat. Fat poser mights in gently. Gently might fat poser sin. Shit gently snog prime fat. Singingly strop fat theme.
Jon Smith, 2008
2
The Living Age
Feasted a little piggishly. 7th month, 29th day. Although I dined with the saints, I drank rather beyond bounds. 1757. 2nd month, 26th day. Cursed [!] snappishness to those under me on a Dodily indisposition. 6th month, 10th day. Drank to the ...
‎1866
3
Semantics : A Reader: A Reader
... Vs S +→ VP grunts  NP { →+ → Art Nco Vt → love ss Nco Adj Nco is Adj l VP Re Vs believes   a     Art → every    the Adj → yellow AAdv → piggishly l →Re which (S/(S/N))/C C (S/N)/S some girl x] (S/N)/N loves (S/(S/N))/ C C.
Steven Davis Professor of Philosophy and and Director of the Centre on Values andf Ethics Carleton University, Brendan S. Gillon Associate Professor of Linguistics McGill University, 2004
4
A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe
They were munching their heads off happily enough. Except Goliath. He was yelling piggishly for his mother, who, thank god, was taking no notice whatsoever. I think I cooked a freeze-dried dish that night. A 18 / DON'T RELY ON MAPS.
Faith Conlon, Ingrid Emerick, Christina Henry De Tessan, 2001
5
Critical Legal Theory and the Challenge of Feminism: A ...
... has been argued, early liberals did not oblige themselves to propound even the milder claim that people do act always from selfish motives; certainly, liberal thinkers did not oblige themselves to contend that people should behave piggishly.
Matthew H. Kramer, 1995
6
Fennel and Rue
Perhaps she resented having behaved so piggishly at the station the day we came, and meant to take it out of Miss Shirley and myself. She had seen us together in the woods, one day, and she must have told it about. Mrs. Westangle wouldn't ...
William Dean Howells, 1st World Library, 2006
7
A short story: Chinese chambers
He had been appointed for this whole secretive project that would house lab pets , guinea piggishly rent-free creatures that after all, were a shameful disservice to humankind, as he disdainfully put it. An operation, he continued, for which one ...
C. Figueras
8
Walking Among Men: The Church of the Living God Walking ...
... author) have told lies that he did not answer us when in actuality, we talked so much, so loudly, and so piggishly that we barred HIS GRACIOUSNESS from sharing with us. We've embarked upon our day and sometimes got spiritually beat ...
Andrew H. Montgomery, 2008
9
Oh Lucky Country
Porchetta—piglet, Porca—sow, Pig, piggishly, Sofia, Concetta. I've been living with a corpse next to me. I've been quarrelling, squabbling, fighting, getting angry at a woman who did not even exist. Appalling. There, I see her again as she ...
Rosa Cappiello, 2009
10
Tanglewood Tales
In their sty, moreover, they behaved more piggishly than the pigs that had been born so; for they bit and snorted at one another, put their feet in the trough, and gobbled up their victuals in a ridiculous hurry; and, when there was nothing more to ...
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGGISHLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term piggishly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Salter: Be a patriot -- give the Women's World Cup a shot
Sure, FIFA can demean its women's teams, their disgraced president can piggishly suggest they play in shorter shorts, they can organize a ... «Hilton Head Island Packet, Jun 15»
2
Burger Friday: Pete's Hamburgers worth the drive to Wisconsin
And then, piggishly, a second one. As Wisconsin's second-oldest settlement, Prairie du Chien is steeped in history. For example, tourists finding ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
3
Jaded Satoshis: An Interview with Kristov Atlas
Then, when others loft criticisms at it — usually piggishly thoughtless, ignorant ones — we take personal offense. When I notice I feel hurt by a ... «CoinTelegraph, May 15»
4
Agent Carter Review: “Time and Tide”
Here, Peggy suffers a unique ignominy: to protect Jarvis from the SSR's ministrations, she has to feign stupidity, thus validating the piggishly ... «Paste Magazine, Jan 15»
5
Bloomberg View: plastic surgery risks turn toxic in Brazil
For half a millennium that was fine with the locals, who reveled in “dental floss” bikini britches and fondly, if piggishly, referred to the object of ... «BizNews, Jan 15»
6
Brazil's Plastic Surgery Turns Toxic
For half a millennium that was fine with the locals, who reveled in "dental floss" bikini britches and fondly, if piggishly, referred to the object of ... «Bloomberg View, Jan 15»
7
Aug. 28-Sept.3: Real Confidence
As you can imagine, then, I don't counsel anyone to be piggishly self-indulgent. Never ever. Having said that, though, I advise you to be ... «Salt Lake City Weekly, Aug 14»
8
Free Will Astrology For the Week of August 27
As you can imagine, I don't counsel anyone to be piggishly self-indulgent. Never ever. Having said that, though, I advise you to be zealous in ... «TheStranger.com, Aug 14»
9
The Body-Count Cliché
They insist — arrogantly, selfishly, piggishly — on living. They do brutish things like create great hospitals and great civil-defense systems, and ... «National Review Online, Jul 14»
10
Police State Populism: The Absurd Lipstick on Hillary's Capitalist Pig
See, it takes certain piggishly ingrained habits--honed to the point of second nature--to pull off a real populist touch. Perhaps even a habit of ... «OpEdNews, Jul 14»

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