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savagely

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for savagely.

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The sport is to find holes in your comments and savagely attack them with comments, down votes or both.

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Quick take

In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.

Meaning at a glance

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adverb

In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for savagely.

Example sentences

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The sport is to find holes in your comments and savagely attack them with comments, down votes or both.

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Just a few years ago in the US there was an epidemic of drunk people savagely beating flight attendants.

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Recently, video footage of Chinese police savagely beating prone Tibetan protesters got posted onto YouTube.

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Would I ensure respect for my newly seeded lawn by savagely beating up the first kid to walk on it?

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If your local authorities go help kittens out of a tree, feed the homeless, then savagely beat minorities it is not a zero sum game.

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I don't think assholes rioting over sports are equivalent to savagely oppressed rioting for their livelihoods and for their suffering to be heard.

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It`s the down vote pigeon, hitting randomly and savagely.

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Research, where you need PhDs, has been cut savagely, because of the short time horizon Wall Street demands that is totally incompatible with the realities of research.

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Stop taxing them, and you savagely undermine political community.

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I cheated that system pretty savagely - I would skim a book, look up cliff notes on the internet, and then pass the test.

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Most aren't, so they're savagely dumped.

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Restaurant eating is savagely expensive.

Quote examples

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He certainly inspired the movie "Wolf Creek", a famous horror movie among backpackers, since it depicts carpooling in the outback with other sane youngsters and getting savagely murdered.

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Jeff's conclusion reminded of an adage I read recently about creative work (pardon me for paraphrasing and savagely butchering the author's idea -- I can't seem to find the source now): "Creative work of high quality is not the end.

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This is like advocating that "don't paint rooms blue", because blue reminds people of that time you were savagely attacked in middle school in the blue hallway and beaten so badly your mother had to take you to the emergency room, so anyway: don't paint rooms blue.

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[...] “Large portions of the software infrastructure of the Internet are built and maintained by volunteers, who get little reward when their code works well but are blamed, and sometimes savagely derided, when it fails,” writes Foster in the New Yorker.

Proper noun examples

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Savagely competitive and draconian entrance requirements, incredibly expensive education, inhuman hours, constant stress at every milestone, and a never-ending barrage of standardized tests.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use savagely in a sentence?

The sport is to find holes in your comments and savagely attack them with comments, down votes or both.

What does savagely mean?

In a wild, uncontrolled, or savage manner.

What part of speech is savagely?

savagely is commonly used as adverb.