hungry
adjective
having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
hungrily
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a word derived from
hungry.
Example Sentences
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That’s where market behemoths, who have been feasting on small competitors for decades, begin to hungrily eye one another’s total addressable markets.
From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025
But his grandmother Elvire Desir chuckled as he hungrily gulped down his meal.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024
The bugs tracked hungrily across the coated paper, creating a delirious scene of decay and dissolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
I anticipate it so hungrily, so ardently, that I have to put it out of my head as May approaches.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2023
Quirrell came back out from behind the mirror and stared hungrily into it.
From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
