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Hungrily

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Adverb

1. hungrily, ravenously

in the manner of someone who is very hungry

Example Sentences:
'he pounced on the food hungrily'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hungrily

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adjective -grier or -griest
1. 
desiring food
2. 
experiencing pain, weakness, or nausea through lack of food
3. (postpositive; foll by for)
having a craving, desire, or need (for)
4. 
expressing or appearing to express greed, craving, or desire
5. 
lacking fertility; poor
6. Australian and New Zealand informal
a. 
greedy; grasping
b. 
stingy; mean
7. New Zealand
(of timber) dry and bare

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Hungrily

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈhungrier or ˈhungriest
1. 
feeling, having, or showing hunger
; specif.,
a. 
wanting or needing food
b. 
craving; eager
hungry for praise
2.  Rare
producing hunger
3. 
not fertile; barren
said of soil

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Hungrily

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adj. hun·gri·er, hun·gri·est
1. Experiencing a desire or need for food.
2. Extremely desirous; avid: hungry for recognition.
3. Characterized by or expressing hunger or craving: hungry eyes.
4. Lacking richness or fertility: hungry soil.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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