adv
Meaning 1
In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hungrily
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Pronunciation
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/ˈhʌŋɡɹɪli/
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/ˈhʌŋɡɹəli/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 NG G R AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in the manner of someone who is very hungry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he pounced on the food hungrily
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ravenously
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hungryly, equivalent to hungry + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: лакомо (lakomo) — in a hungry manner
- Czech: hladově — in a hungry manner
- Esperanto: malsate — in a hungry manner
- French: voracement — in a hungry manner
- French: avidement — in a hungry manner
- Middle English: hungryly — in a hungry manner