ravenously

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/ˈɹævənəsli/

adverb

In a ravenous manner; voraciously.

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Meanings

adverbravenously (comparative more ravenously, superlative most ravenously)

comparative more ravenously · superlative most ravenously

  1. In a ravenous manner; voraciously.

    Francesca marked with delight the eager manner in which Guido began his meal, and almost forgot her own hunger in the amusement of watching him eat so ravenously;...

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 195
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    Our bread was baked for us by one of the Government cooks, and the scones and cakes which we consumed so ravenously were baked by my mother in a camp oven. This primitive but useful oven requires very little description. It is a round iron vessel, standing on three legs and covered with a dome-shaped tightly-fitting lid. Fire is placed above and below, and I know no more satisfactory mode of baking bread or cake.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 55

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin the manner of someone who is very hungry

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