catawamptiously, adj. and adv. (popular).—With avidity; fiercely; eagerly; or violently destructive. See CATAWAMPUS.

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  1843.  DICKENS, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. xxi., 216. There air some CATAWAMPOUS chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong.

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  1853.  BULWER-LYTTON, My Novel, bk. X., ch. xx. If a man like me …. is to be CATAWAMPOUSLY champed up by a mercenary selfish cormorant of a capitalist.

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  1870.  F. C. BURNAND, The White Cat!

        Don’t hurt me, spare a poor unhappy pup,
Or I’ll be CATAWAMPOUSLY chawed up.

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