catawamptiously, adj. and adv. (popular).With avidity; fiercely; eagerly; or violently destructive. See CATAWAMPUS.
1843. DICKENS, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. xxi., 216. There air some CATAWAMPOUS chawers in the small way too, as graze upon a human pretty strong.
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.
1870. F. C. BURNAND, The White Cat!
Dont hurt me, spare a poor unhappy pup, | |
Or Ill be CATAWAMPOUSLY chawed up. |