Starvingly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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."
- 2 So as to cause starvation.
"a starvingly low salary"
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From starving + -ly.
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