hungerlyadj.
/ˈhʌŋɡəli/ Obsolete or archaic.
Hungry-looking; having a hungry, starved, or famished look.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adjective] > looking hungry or starved
hungerly1393
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 197 Ich can nat hym discryue, So hongerliche and so holwe heruy hym-self lokede.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 99v Owre men were enforced to departe from thense more hungerly then theye came.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. iii. 48 His beard grew thinne and hungerly . View more context for this quotation
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. I. 124 The linkmen of London..are poor, lean, hungerly, brisk, and knowing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
hungerlyadv.
Obsolete or archaic.
Hungrily; greedily.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adverb]
hungerlya1584
starvedly1606
starvingly1662
hungrily1693
yaply1768
esuriently1883
a1584 S. Borough in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) ii. 329 I sawe them eate rocke weedes as hungerly, as a cowe doeth grasse when she is hungrie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 257 I feed Most hungerly on your sight. View more context for this quotation
1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius War with Vandals ii. 34 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The Vandale boy caught it first, and hungerly thrust it hot into his mouth.
1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 36 Hungerly our ears Wait the melodious murmurs of a harp.
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