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hungrily

hung·rily

UK/ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/ US/ˈhʌŋɡɹəli/ uncommon

adverb

1.

in the manner of someone who is very hungry

  • “he pounced on the food hungrily”
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Origin

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

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