[
UK
/hˈʌŋɡɹɪli/
]
[ US /ˈhəŋɡɹəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈhəŋɡɹəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
in the manner of someone who is very hungry
he pounced on the food hungrily
How To Use hungrily In A Sentence
- Fans had been hungrily awaiting the final instalment.
- Elise looked hungrily over the various dishes: Soup with soft dumplings, crunchy Yugandian rice with chunks of fruit, tikmollusks in sauce - ugh!
- They dug into the pizza hungrily.
- The plot hungrily steals plot points from a hodgepodge of other, better movies.
- She tore open the envelope, unfolding the two page letter, and hungrily read every line of her son's missive.
- Few know of the horror lurking behind closed doors: flesh-eating bugs hungrily devouring decaying flesh straight from carcasses.
- The flames ate hungrily, and erupted into strange hues of purples and blues.
- Smoke rose from pits at one side of the house, and the smell of roasting meat made Abasio salivate hungrily. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
- Sitting hungrily nearby, a being with the head of a crocodile and the body of a lion sat waiting. Crossed
- We all grew quiet as we hungrily ate, because the food was so good.