hungrily

hun·gry

 (hŭng′grē)
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.]

hun′gri·ly adv.
hun′gri·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.hungrily - in the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily"
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Translations
بِجوع ، باشْتِياق إلى
hladově
hungrig
voracement
éhesen
græîgislega
con appetito
sultent
aç açaç olarakiştahla
饥饿地

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
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

hungrily

[ˈhʌŋgrɪli] adv
[eat] → voracement
(fig) [look at] → avidement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

hungrily

adv (lit, fig)hungrig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hungrily

[ˈhʌŋgrɪlɪ] adv (fig) → avidamente; (eat) → voracemente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

hunger

(ˈhaŋgə) noun
1. the desire for food. A cheese roll won't satisfy my hunger.
2. the state of not having enough food. Poor people in many parts of the world are dying of hunger.
3. any strong desire. a hunger for love.
verb
(usually with for) to long for (eg affection, love).
ˈhungry adjective
wanting or needing food etc. a hungry baby; I'm hungry – I haven't eaten all day; He's hungry for adventure.
ˈhungrily adverb
ˈhungriness noun
hunger strike
a refusal to eat, as a form of protest or to force (someone) to agree to certain demands etc. The prisoners went on hunger strike as a protest against prison discipline.
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