Definition of Shaggily

1. Adverb. In a shaggy manner. "Shaggily unkempt mane"

Partainyms: Shaggy

Definition of Shaggily

1. Adverb. In a shaggy way. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shaggily

1. shaggy [adv] - See also: shaggy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaggily

shag rug
shagbark
shagbark hickory
shagbarks
shagged
shaggedness
shagger
shaggers
shaggier
shaggiest
shaggily (current term)
shagginess
shagginesses
shaggings
shaggy
shaggy-dog stories
shaggy-dog story
shaggy aorta
shaggy cap
shaggy chorion
shaggy dog stories
shaggy dog story
shaggy heart
shaggy kinase

Literary usage of Shaggily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"His face, unwashed since yesterday, looked pallid and clammy ; his hair was tossed shaggily about his forehead, and his closed eyes had the sunken look ..."

2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1874)
"received from Mr. Theo. L. Mead and ticketed " 20, Colorado." The eyes are hairy; thorax and head shaggily haired without mixture of scales ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"Head buff, densely and somewhat shaggily scaled. Eyes prominent, purple-black. Antennae two-thirds as long as wings ; basal joint conspicuously long and ..."

4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"ONE year a tall, stooping, taciturn, shaggily bearded man of middle age and solitary habits appeared in the neighborhood, and thenceforward stayed. ..."

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