ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Wolfishly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Wolfishly is an adverb meaning In a wolfish way.

Meaning

In a wolfish way.

Example Sentences

Roger Federer smiling wolfishly to the crowd: a return to woke?
Spade grinned wolfishly, showing the edges of teeth far back in his jaw.
They took the plates. They ate silently, wolfishly, and wiped up the grease with the bread.
He told me he would have roasted their toes rather than be baulked. I believe him. His men believed him too. They didn’t cheer aloud, being a dumb pack, but made ready wolfishly.

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Related dictionary entries include wolvishly, foxishly, wildishly, lupinely, vulpinely, tigerishly.

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