Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hoggishly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hog-gish-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hoggish manner.

Example Sentences

"And there was Talbot's great diseased appetite to corroborate a belief that expatriate educationists ate hoggishly."

Etymology

Etymology tree English hoggish Middle English -ly English -ly English hoggishly From hoggish + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more hoggishly (comparative) most hoggishly (superlative)

Questions

What does hoggishly mean?: In a hoggish manner.
Where does hoggishly come from?: Etymology tree English hoggish Middle English -ly English -ly English hoggishly From hoggish + -ly.

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