hungrily

Etymology

From Middle English hungriliche, equivalent to hungry + -ly.

adv

  1. In a hungry way or manner; with hunger.
    Nungi was too hungrily cross to be respectful. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 263

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