SAVAGELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does savagely mean? 

• SAVAGELY (adverb)
  The adverb SAVAGELY has 2 senses:

1. in a vicious manner

2. wildly; like an animal

  Familiarity information: SAVAGELY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAVAGELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a vicious manner

Synonyms:

brutally; savagely; viciously

Context example:

he was viciously attacked

Pertainym:

savage ((of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Wildly; like an animal

Context example:

she cried out savagely

Pertainym:

savage (wild and menacing)

 Context examples 

He sprang upon White Fang and began savagely to kick him.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

That was the man, Buck divined, the next tormentor, and he hurled himself savagely against the bars.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"Do you?" was snarled back at him so savagely as to startle him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He, too, growled, savagely, terribly, voicing the fear that is to life germane and that lies twisted about life's deepest roots.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“We will,” I asserted, still savagely, for the destruction of my beloved shears had hit me hard.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It had been carried out and had been dashed savagely against the garden wall, under which its splintered fragments were discovered.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The limbs and body of some large, white bird, torn savagely to pieces with the feathers still on, were littered all over it.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And when he had said that, two great black cats came with one tremendous leap and sat down on each side of him, and looked savagely at him with their fiery eyes.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

I was not so savagely independent as to say anything in reply, but that if ever I borrowed money of anyone, I would borrow it of her.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And as he spoke he took his knife and drove it savagely into space.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)