† savagiouslyadv.
Obsolete.
In a savage manner; barbarously.
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adverb]
grimc893
sternlyc897
bremeOE
bitterlyc1000
etelichec1175
heterlya1225
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
cruentlyc1380
beastlyc1390
unmanlyc1454
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
inhumanly1490
unkindfully?1534
boarishlya1563
savagely1563
tiger-like1576
unhumanly1586
inhumanlike1595
inhumanely1598
immanely1612
savagiously1625
wolvishly1628
beastlilya1631
brutisha1645
truculently1654
tigerously1698
brutally1749
tigerishly1878
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adverb]
heterlya1225
cruellya1340
despitouslyc1374
cruentlyc1380
harageouslyc1450
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
beastly?1518
butcherly?1560
savagely1563
bitterly1611
despitely1619
savagiously1625
1625 E. Scott Disc. Java in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iii. iv. 183 Amongst these things, came in many Maskers, Vawters, Tumblers, very strangely, and saluagiously attired.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 296 The people generally are..as sauagiously tame (I protest) as the foure footed Citizens of Lybia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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