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thirstily, adv.|ˈθɜːstɪlɪ| [f. thirsty + -ly2.] In a thirsty manner; with thirst. Also fig.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Peter 7 Not to be supped lothesomly, but gredily, yea and thrustily. a1586Sidney Arcadia iii. Wks. 1724 II. 427 Which she..had drunk up thirstily. c1665Mrs. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1846) 408 A kinsman of his who thirstily aspired after preferment. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. iii, From such Fountain he draws, diligently, thirstily. |