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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

野蛮地

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yěmán de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Savagely/ˈsæv.ɪdʒ.li/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这本小说受到了评论界野蛮的批判。"

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a fierce, violent, or uncontrolled manner.

    "The wounded animal reacted savagely when the researchers approached."
  2. 2

    In a brutally severe, harsh, or critical way.

    "Her latest novel was savagely reviewed by the literary critics."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'savage', which traces back via Middle English and Old French 'salvage' to the Late Latin 'silvaticus', meaning 'wild' or 'of the woods' (from 'silva', meaning 'forest'). The adverbial suffix '-ly' was added in the late Middle English period to denote manner.

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