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starvingly

starvingly adverb: while, or as if, starving; very hungrily.

Adverb

starvingly (comparative more starvingly, superlative most starvingly)

  1. While, or as if, starving; very hungrily.
    • She raised her head and looked at him, with her soul in her great gray eyes. Back to her side he strode, and, taking her in his arms, looked long and starvingly in her face.1885, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volume 53, page 762
  2. So as to cause starvation.
    • a starvingly low salary

Forms of starvingly

comparativemore starvingly
superlativemost starvingly

Origin of starvingly

From starving + -ly.

Questions about starvingly

What does starvingly mean?
Starvingly means while, or as if, starving; very hungrily.
What part of speech is starvingly?
Starvingly is an adverb.

Words near starvingly in the dictionary

  1. starving
  2. starving artist
  3. starving artists
  4. starving the beast
  5. Starving Time
  6. starvingly
  7. starvings
  8. starviolet
  9. starviolets
  10. starward
  11. starwards

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