Meanings
comparative more hungrily · superlative most hungrily
- In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
Nungi was too hungrily cross to be respectful.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 2631 more example
For at the last shall the thunder, fleeing to escape from the doom of the gods, roar horribly among the Worlds; and Time, the hound of the gods, shall bay hungrily at his masters because he is lean with age.
1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 92Synonyms: heartily
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbin the manner of someone who is very hungry
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishhungryly
- Englishhungrily
Inherited from Middle English hungryly, equivalent to hungry + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian лакомо
- лакомо (lakomo)in a hungry manner
Czech hladově
- hladověin a hungry manner
Esperanto malsate
- malsatein a hungry manner
French voracement, avidement
- voracementin a hungry manner
- avidementin a hungry manner
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