| 单词 | starvingly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstarvingly ˈstarvingly adv. in a starving manner; (now also hyperbolically) extremely hungrily. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > hunger > [adverb] hungerlya1584 starvedly1606 starvingly1662 hungrily1693 yaply1768 esuriently1883 1662 Duchess of Newcastle Orations Divers Sorts x. 211 These Miserable men that Live Starvingly, Slovenly, and Unwholesomely, are Commended by the Moralists. 1699 E. Ward London Spy I. viii. 15 A Foot Soldier..has the hopes of nothing but to live Starvingly. 1853 D. Brown Planter xx. 201 What of our poor negroes? How do they get through the short reign of terror? Freezingly and starvingly? 1927 Daily Express 16 May 7 'I am starvingly hungry,' he said to his wife. 1998 N. Baker Everlasting Story of Nory 24 Nory's father's fable was about a cat who loved tuna catfood in cans and refused to eat the whitefish or the beef or the liver in cans, even though he was starvingly hungry. < as lemmas |
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