🐶 Eagerly or loyally 🙇 Overly eager to please 😠 In a mean way

doggishly

8.2

In an eager, loyal way like a dog waiting for a treat

adverb
/ˈdɔɡɪʃli/

: como un perro

He waited doggishly by the door, hoping for a treat or a kind word.

Examples

The child followed his older brother doggishly, imitating every move with loyal enthusiasm.
She looked up at her teacher doggishly, eager to please and ready to help.
He followed her doggishly around the house.
She looked at him doggishly with big eyes.
The puppy wagged its tail and looked up at me doggishly, begging for a treat.
She followed her friend doggishly, trying to stay close and offer support.
The dog sat doggishly at his owner's feet, waiting patiently for a command.

Synonyms

eagerly

vsdoggishly

67 1.3

In a way that shows strong interest and excitement about something

emphasizes eager loyalty or begging, not only general enthusiasm

pantingly

vsdoggishly

7.7

In a way that shows quick, heavy breathing from effort or excitement

is similar but adds loyal or pleading behaviour rather than just breathless excitement

suppliantly

vsdoggishly

Formal

8.4

In a humble, begging way to ask for something

focuses more on eagerness and loyalty than formal humble begging

friskily

vsdoggishly

4.6

In a lively, playful way full of energy

expresses eagerness mixed with loyalty or begging rather than just play

Antonyms

indifferently

4 4.0

Showing no interest or care

disloyally

6.0

In a way that does not support someone who trusts you

How Doglike

loyally

7 2.5

doggishly

8.2

pleadingly

1 4.3

eagerly

67 1.3

Surface Forms

doggishly positive

Morphology

doggishly = doggish (transparent) = dog + ish + ly

Standard adverb formation by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'doggish'.

Etymology

Doggishly comes from dog plus -ish and -ly, where -ish means 'like' and -ly makes it 'in a ... way'. Think of someone waiting by the door like a loyal, eager dog, and you have the image for doggishly meaning eager loyalty or begging.