Definitions
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- adverb Like an
ogre .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But at the same time, the GOP would do well to take a long hard look at what the next generation of Republicans sees when it turns on the television and watches Dick Cheney ogreishly defending the torture of accused "terrorists" in defiance of international laws to which the United States is signatory.
Michael Rowe: Good Morning, GOP. This Is Your Wake-Up Call. 2009
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Suddenly, this "realistic" minor masterpiece jolts into expressionism with a remarkable series of composed images that find Sammy more ogreishly dominated by the ticking clock -- a device conveying a double meaning in a scenario about British officers striving to learn how to dismantle unexploded "Jerry" bombs without incurring new casualties.
Archive 2008-10-12 2008
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Suddenly, this "realistic" minor masterpiece jolts into expressionism with a remarkable series of composed images that find Sammy more ogreishly dominated by the ticking clock -- a device conveying a double meaning in a scenario about British officers striving to learn how to dismantle unexploded "Jerry" bombs without incurring new casualties.
Delirium Tremendous 2008
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PATIOMKIN [laughs ogreishly; then returns to his place at the table, chuckling]!!!
Great Catherine George Bernard Shaw 1903
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