hungrily

English

Etymology

From Middle English hungriliche, equivalent to hungry +‎ -ly.

Adverb

hungrily (comparative more hungrily, superlative most hungrily)

  1. In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 263:
      Nungi was too hungrily cross to be respectful.

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