hungerly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hungerly
First recorded in 1350–1400, hungerly is from the Middle English word hongerliche. See hunger, -ly
Example Sentences
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Sir, you haue sau'd my longing, and I feed Most hungerly on your sight Tim.
From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
Sir, you have sav'd my longing, and I feed Most hungerly on your sight.
From Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare
O'Malley finished his pie and looked hungerly across the room at the counter in the corner.
From A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. by Rutherford George Montgomery
I sawe them eate rocke weedes as hungerly, as a cowe doeth grasse when shee is hungrie.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Richard Hakluyt
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