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hungrily

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hun·gry  (hnggr)
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.

[Middle English hungri, from Old English hungrig, from hungor, hunger.]

hungri·ly adv.
hungri·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.hungrily - in the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily"
Translations
hungrily [ˈhʌŋgrɪlɪ] ADV
1. [eat] → ávidamente, con ansia; [look] → con anhelo
2. (fig) (= eagerly) → ansiosamente
American businesses are hungrily eyeing the British marketlas compañías americanas están observando ansiosamente el mercado británico
hungrily [ˈhʌŋgrɪli] adv
[eat] → voracement
(fig) [look at] → avidement
hungrily
adv (lit, fig)hungrig
hungrily [ˈhʌŋgrɪlɪ] adv (fig) → avidamente; (eat) → voracemente
hungrily [ˈhʌŋgrɪlɪ] adv (fig) → avidamente; (eat) → voracemente


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And how hungrily Leslie's eyes looked at the bookcases between the windows!
Not my hatred, but my loathing, gnawed hungrily at my life
As soon as I appeared in the moonlight on the terrace, he had come to me as straight as possible; on which I had taken his hand without a word and led him, through the dark spaces, up the staircase where Quint had so hungrily hovered for him, along the lobby where I had listened and trembled, and so to his forsaken room.
 
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