SAVAGELY

viciously, brutally, savagely

(adverb) in a vicious manner; “he was viciously attacked”

savagely

(adverb) wildly; like an animal; “she cried out savagely”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

savagely (comparative more savagely, superlative most savagely)

In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.

Synonyms

• brutally, ferociously, forcefully, wildly

Antonyms

• gently

Source: Wiktionary


Sav"age*ly, adv.

Definition: In a savage manner.

SAVAGE

Sav"age (; 48), a. Etym: [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic.]

1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden.

3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity E. D. Griffin.

4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

Syn.

– Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See Ferocious.

Sav"age, n.

1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught; uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

Sav"age (; 48), v. t.

Definition: To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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COMMUNICATIONS

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