hungrily

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hungryly, equivalent to hungry +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/, /ˈhʌŋɡɹəli/

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Adverb

hungrily (comparative more hungrily, superlative most hungrily)

1. In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
   • 1905, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], The Gods of Pegāna, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, […], →OCLC, page 92:

     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.

   • 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 263:

     Nungi was too hungrily cross to be respectful.

Synonyms

• heartily

Translations

in a hungry manner

Bulgarian: лакомо (bg) (lakomo) Czech: hladově (cs) Esperanto: malsate Esperanto: malsate French: voracement (fr), avidement (fr) Middle English: hungryly