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hungerly

hungerly adverb: hungrily.

Adverb

hungerly (comparative more hungerly, superlative most hungerly)

  1. (obsolete) Hungrily.
    • Croesus passing alongst the citie of Sardis found certaine thickets, wherein were great store of snakes and serpents, on which his horses fed very hungerly, which thing, as Herodotus saith, was an ill-boding prodigy unto his affaires.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 48, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Adjective

hungerly (comparative more hungerly, superlative most hungerly)

  1. (obsolete) Wanting food; starved.
    • his beard grew thin and hungerlyc. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of hungerly

Adverb
comparativemore hungerly
superlativemost hungerly
Adjective
comparativemore hungerly
superlativemost hungerly

Origin of hungerly

From hunger + -ly.

Questions about hungerly

What does hungerly mean?
Hungerly means hungrily.
What part of speech is hungerly?
Hungerly can be an adverb or an adjective.

Words near hungerly in the dictionary

  1. hungeringly
  2. hungerings
  3. Hungerland
  4. hungerless
  5. hungerlessness
  6. hungerly
  7. hungerpain
  8. hungerpains
  9. hungers
  10. hungersome
  11. hungerweed

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