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savagely /ˈsavɪdʒli /adverb1In a fierce, violent, and uncontrolled manner: a schoolgirl has been savagely attacked by a dog...- She plays a prostitute who was once savagely beaten by a man in Pennsylvania.
- At the weekend, he goes out and hacks savagely at the undergrowth of the garden.
- He savagely turned once more on his mother.
1.1In an aggressively hostile manner: he savagely criticized the Prime Minister...- In his speech last month, he savagely attacked the high prices paid for works of art.
- Always ready with a sharp retort, he savagely compared Manet to their slick, fashionable contemporary Carolus-Duran.
- The publishers and their chiefs were savagely lampooned.
2To a very great and severe degree: corporations have savagely cut costs to boost profits civil liberties would be savagely affected...- The film's perspective of how things work in today's boardrooms is savagely accurate.
- Within a month a new, savagely virulent haemorrhagic fever crept from the jungle.
- Given the violent opening section of the book, that line is savagely ironic.
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