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starvedly

starvedly adverb: in the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.

Adverb

starvedly (comparative more starvedly, superlative most starvedly)

  1. In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
    • [S]ecurity and ignorance may ſcatter ſome refuſe morſels of ioy, ſavvced vvith much bitterneſſe: or may be like ſome boaſting houſkeeper, vvhich keepeth open dores for one day vvhich much cheer, and liues ſtaruedly all the yere after.1605, Jos[eph] Hall, “Paragraph 24”, in Meditations and Vowes, Diuine and Morall. […], London: […] Humfrey Lownes, for Iohn Porter, →OCLC, 1st book, page 75

Forms of starvedly

comparativemore starvedly
superlativemost starvedly

Origin of starvedly

From starved + -ly.

Questions about starvedly

What does starvedly mean?
Starvedly means in the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.
What part of speech is starvedly?
Starvedly is an adverb.

Words near starvedly in the dictionary

  1. starve the beast
  2. starve-acre
  3. starveacre
  4. starved
  5. starved the beast
  6. starvedly
  7. starveling
  8. starvelings
  9. starvemaxx
  10. starvemaxxed
  11. starvemaxxes

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