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Scientific studies about relationships fascinate me, and I devour them hungrily, especially when they give big, fancy-sounding names to everyday experiences.
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Meaning of "hungrily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUNGRILY

hungrily  [ˈhʌŋɡrɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUNGRILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hungrily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HUNGRILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of hungrily in the English dictionary

The definition of hungrily in the dictionary is quickly and greedily as a result of hunger. Other definition of hungrily is with desire.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUNGRILY


angrily
ˈæŋɡrɪlɪ
arbitrarily
ˌɑːbɪˈtreərɪlɪ
auditorily
ˈɔːdɪtərɪlɪ
cheerily
ˈtʃɪərɪlɪ
contrarily
kənˈtrɛərɪlɪ
eerily
ˈɪərɪlɪ
evolutionarily
ˌiːvəˈluːʃənərɪlɪ
extraordinarily
ɪkˌstrɔːdɪˈnɛrɪlɪ
frilly
ˈfrɪlɪ
gorily
ˈɡɔːrɪlɪ
legendarily
ˈlɛdʒəndərɪlɪ
merrily
ˈmɛrɪlɪ
militarily
ˌmɪlɪˈtɛrɪlɪ
necessarily
ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ
ordinarily
ˈɔːdənrɪlɪ
secondarily
ˈsekəndərɪlɪ
summarily
ˈsʌmərɪlɪ
unnecessarily
ˌʌnnesəˈserɪlɪ
verily
ˈvɛrɪlɪ
voluntarily
ˈvɒləntərɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUNGRILY

hungan
Hungarian
Hungarian goulash
Hungary
hunger
hunger march
hunger marches
hunger pangs
hunger strike
hunger striker
hungerful
hungeringly
hungerly
Hungnam
hungrier
hungriest
hungriness
hungry

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUNGRILY

airily
blearily
complementarily
contemporarily
cursorily
customarily
drily
exemplarily
involuntarily
mandatorily
momentarily
peremptorily
preliminarily
primarily
satisfactorily
scarily
statutorily
temporarily
unitarily
warily

Synonyms and antonyms of hungrily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hungrily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUNGRILY

Find out the translation of hungrily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hungrily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hungrily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

饿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hambrientamente
570 millions of speakers

English

hungrily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेसब्री से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بجوع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жадно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

avidamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hungrily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avidement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lapar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hungrig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貪るように
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

배고프
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hungrily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thèm khát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hungrily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भुकेलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iştahla
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avidamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zachłannie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жадібно
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lăcomie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πεινασμένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hongerig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hungrigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begjærlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hungrily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNGRILY»

The term «hungrily» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNGRILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hungrily

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QUOTES WITH «HUNGRILY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hungrily.
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Jenna McCarthy
Scientific studies about relationships fascinate me, and I devour them hungrily, especially when they give big, fancy-sounding names to everyday experiences.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNGRILY»

Discover the use of hungrily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hungrily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería: A Complete Guide to the ...
He takes the blood hungrily. Chorus: Ebiama eje si moyure ebiama. Continuing with hunger he will takethe blood hungrily. By now the animal is still as the assistant cradles it in his arms (if a four legged animal)or holdsit in his hands(if a fowl), ...
Ócha'ni Lele, 2012
2
How to Teach Writing Through Reading the Classics Gr. 7-9
Modify a verb: Huck ate hungrily. Hungrily, here is the adverb. It describes the way in which Huck ate. How did he eat? He ate hungrily. Modify an adjective: Huck was very hungry. Now our adverb is the word "very". Placed before the adjective, ...
Penny Nutbrown
3
A Chinese Fantasy - Cave in a Casket
Kiam ate hungrily, at the same time wondering if Pang hungrily, at the same time wondering if Pang hungrily, at the same time wondering if Pang hungrily, at the same time wondering if Pang's soul s soul s soul s soul had come here had come  ...
Jean Sheard, 2007
4
Inside Writing: A Writer's Workbook with Readings, Form B
The beautiful Dalmatian looked hungrily at the thick steaks cooking on the grill and quietly begged the chef for a bite. By changing various modifiers, you can express the sentence in several other ways. For instance, The beautiful Dalmatian, ...
William Salomone, Stephen McDonald, 2004
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Inside Writing: Form A
The beautiful dalmatian looked hungrily at the thick steaks cooking on the grill and quietly begged the chef for a bite. By changing various modifiers, you can express the sentence in several other ways. For instance, The beautiful dalmatian, ...
William Salomone, Stephen McDonald, Martin Japtok, 2014
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Inside Writing: A Writer's Workbook, Form A
The beautiful dalmatian looked hungrily at the thick steaks cooking on the grill and quietly begged the chef for a bite. By changing various modifiers, you can express the sentence in several other ways. For instance, The beautiful dalmatian, ...
William Salomone, Stephen McDonald, 2006
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
hungrily /'hAn.gri. li/ adverb They sat down and ate hungrily. He looked at her hungrily (= showing desire for her). Other ways of saying hungry The adjective ravenous can be used to describe someone who is very hungry: I'm ravenous, when's ...
‎2008
8
Six Months Hence: In Two Volumes
But it had never, even in the faintest intuition of heart or brain, crossed my thoughts that this might lead to something; that it might lead to something for which my whole nature craved so hungrily; so much more hungrily than it did, or ever could ...
‎1873
9
'Six months hence' [by H.L. Prior].
That it might lead to something for which my whole nature craved so hungrily : so much more hungrily than it did, or ever could do, for love, for rest, for goodness ; for anything else besides itself, in the whole present and the whole future !
Herman Ludolph Prior, 1870
10
Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar
Mary ate hungrily. In both (11a) and (lib), the tense is the definite past, and the reference is to a specific event which occurred prior to the act of utterance. In ( 11a), the presence of the contextualizing PP at noon, a cj2 localizing satellite, induces ...
J. Lachlan Mackenzie, María de los Angeles Gómez González, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNGRILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hungrily is used in the context of the following news items.
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Netflix Now Supports Charter Merger After ISP Promises Not To …
... overages during that same time period, something most ISPs are hungrily eyeing in order to protect legacy TV revenues from Internet video. «Techdirt, Jul 15»
2
Chef serves up soup and sympathy for the homeless - BBC News
I talk to her as she is hungrily eating lentil and smoked bacon soup from a plastic carton - served to her by Bobby Beasant and his friend Jerry. «BBC News, Jul 15»
3
Wallabies: Sharp Quade Cooper showing the way at training | The …
... tomorrow's Rugby Championship opener against South Africa at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium, Cooper said he had been hungrily devouring ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
4
Earth is meaningless as long as it ensures the death of Darkseid …
The absolute bombshell of a twist in the final pages not only flips the script on the concerned character, but leaves us hungrily wanting more. «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
5
Marriage Equality Ruling Makes History -- Literally | Scott Bane
Matthiessen hungrily read everything that touched on same-sex love, intimacy and relationships -- from Walt Whitman's poems to the works of ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
Scenes: Food Truck Rally Celebrates Ten-Year Anniversary
During the roughly five-month period, close to 200,000 feet hungrily pitter-patter through the park to pick up lunch. This year, 58 trucks have ... «Eater, Jul 15»
7
Snapshots: The brewing of a new village 'millionaire'
... as the lazy pub cat meows hungrily from the table and street kids (men actually) sniff glue and peep for a glimpse of the world whose comforts ... «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»
8
Chefs concoct salads to mark Snooty's birthday
Not having to maintain a human swimmer's slim physique, they can hungrily devour 300 pounds of farm fresh vegetables daily. «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»
9
MIF 2015 REVIEWED | FKA twigs - Soundtrack 7
Manchester hungrily snapped up tickets without much of a synopsis of the show that lay ahead. “She was spotted in an astrology shop in ... «Manchester Confidential, Jul 15»
10
Roger Federer Plans on Harassing Novak Djokovic Till the End of …
Djokovic hungrily pounced on the second serves with growing venom in his returns. Novak Djokovic. Federer can't beat Djokovic from the ... «Sportige, Jul 15»

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