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  • adverb In a savvy manner.

Etymologies

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savvy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • When a miner is trapped in a cave-in, Tatum savvily exploits and prolongs the man's plight in hopes of engineering his own prime-time comeback to the big-city dailies which have discarded him.

    John Farr: Kirk Douglas Turns 95! John Farr 2011

  • Add in the fact that cravenly, he probably feels he just has to step up the crazy to stay relevant, what with his having been blown past on the old cultural relevance-ometer by his “friend” Glenn Beck, who now savvily markets in tears what ol 'Rushie once did with cigar-juice infused spittle.

    Sacked! 2009

  • Add in the fact that cravenly, he probably feels he just has to step up the crazy to stay relevant, what with his having been blown past on the old cultural relevance-ometer by his “friend” Glenn Beck, who now savvily markets in tears what ol 'Rushie once did with cigar-juice infused spittle.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • They haven't adopted new technologies -- first radio, then TV, then the internet -- as savvily as Evangelicals have.

    Brian D. McLaren: Will 'Love Wins' Win? We're Early In The First Inning ... Brian D. McLaren 2011

  • Will iPadded 20somethings pay for content they can savvily find in a thousand corners of the web for free?

    Christopher Cocca: Murdoch, Jobs Set to Launch "The Daily": Are You Buying? Christopher Cocca 2011

  • They haven't adopted new technologies -- first radio, then TV, then the internet -- as savvily as Evangelicals have.

    Brian D. McLaren: Will 'Love Wins' Win? We're Early In The First Inning ... Brian D. McLaren 2011

  • During this week and last's Asia trip, the Obama White House has done two things more savvily then they've generally managed to pull off thus far into the Administration.

    The White House's Asia Adventure 2009

  • When a miner is trapped in a cave-in, Tatum savvily exploits and prolongs the man's plight in hopes of engineering his own prime-time comeback to the big-city dailies which have discarded him.

    John Farr: The Ten Best Movies About Journalism by Farr 2009

  • During this week and last's Asia trip, the Obama White House has done two things more savvily then they've generally managed to pull off thus far into the Administration.

    The White House's Asia Adventure Scola, Nancy 2009

  • During this week and last's Asia trip, the Obama White House has done two things more savvily then they've generally managed to pull off thus far into the Administration.

    McCain Allies Ask, Who's the Luddite Now? 2009

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