voraciouslyadv.

Brit.

/vəˈreɪʃəsli/, U.S.

/vəˈreɪʃəsli/

Etymology: < voracious adj. + -ly suffix².

In a voracious manner; greedily, gluttonously, ravenously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > eating voraciously

greedilyc1000

frecklyc1275

ravenously?a1425

frechedlyc1450

raveningly1533

devouringly1552

locust-like1596

gulchingly1598

greedy1599

voraciously1752

1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 381 All four of the species of this singular genus are fond of pepper, but this eats it most voraciously.

1776 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 208 They came starved,..and eat their little dinner voraciously.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby v. 36 The boys began to eat voraciously, and in desperate haste.

1864 J. C. Geikie George Stanley xi. 194 Even the bush people..eat it voraciously.

1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold i. 73 I was voraciously hungry.

figurative.1840 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 126 Carlyle is reading voraciously, great folios.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	voraciously
释义	voraciouslyadv. Brit. /vəˈreɪʃəsli/, U.S. /vəˈreɪʃəsli/ Etymology: < voracious adj. + -ly suffix². In a voracious manner; greedily, gluttonously, ravenously. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [adverb] > eating voraciously greedilyc1000 frecklyc1275 ravenously?a1425 frechedlyc1450 raveningly1533 devouringly1552 locust-like1596 gulchingly1598 greedy1599 voraciously1752 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 381 All four of the species of this singular genus are fond of pepper, but this eats it most voraciously. 1776 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 208 They came starved,..and eat their little dinner voraciously. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby v. 36 The boys began to eat voraciously, and in desperate haste. 1864 J. C. Geikie George Stanley xi. 194 Even the bush people..eat it voraciously. 1902 J. Buchan Watcher by Threshold i. 73 I was voraciously hungry. figurative.1840 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 126 Carlyle is reading voraciously, great folios. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1752
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