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Hungrily vs Hungerly - What's the difference?

hungrily | hungerly |

As adverbs the difference between hungrily and hungerly

is that hungrily is in a hungry manner while hungerly is (obsolete) hungrily.

As an adjective hungerly is

(obsolete) wanting food; starved.

hungrily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • in a hungry manner

    • hungerly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) Hungrily.
  • *, I.48:
  • *:Croesus'' passing alongst the citie of ''Sardis'' found certaine thickets, wherein were great store of snakes and serpents, on which his horses fed very hungerly , which thing, as ''Herodotus saith, was an ill-boding prodigy unto his affaires.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Wanting food; starved.
    • (Shakespeare)