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Definition: Hungrily |
HungrilyAdverb1. In the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hungrily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Note: Hungrily \Hun"gri*ly\, adverb. [From Hunger.]. (references) |
Synonym: HungrilySynonym: ravenously (adv). (additional references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Mr Dedalus covered the dish and began to eat hungrily. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They fell hungrily on the boiled pork and swigged the water from the bottle |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Hungrily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "Hungrily" is used about 125 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.2% | 124 | 28,785 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.8% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 125 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hungrily | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hungrily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 饥饿地. (various references) | |
Czech | hltavì (greedily), hladovì, laènì, chtivì, žádostivì. (various references) | |
German | hungrig (hungry, sharp set, starving), hungrige. (various references) | |
Korean | ë°°ê³ í"„게. (various references) | |
Norwegian | begjærlig (covetous). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ungrilyhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | famintamente, avidamente (acquisitively, eagerly, greedily). (various references) | |
Romanian | cu lãcomie (greedily). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | izgladnelo (half-starving), gladno, žudno (keenly). (various references) | |
Spanish | con hambre, ansiosamente (agog, anxiously, yearningly), ávidamente (eagerly, greedily). (various references) | |
Swedish | hungrigt. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | жадібно (acquisitively, avidly, greedily). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Hungrily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hungray, hungrey, ungreenly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hungrily" (pronounced hu"nggrulē) |
| 6 | -ng g r u l ē | angrily. |
| 4 | -r u l ē | arbitrarily, centrally, cerebrally, customarily, eerily, extraordinarily, florally, merrily, militarily, momentarily, morally, necessarily, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, preliminarily, primarily, satisfactorily, secondarily, severally, statutorily, summarily, temporarily, unnecessarily, voluntarily, warily, wearily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, accidentally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, annually, anomaly, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, methodically, metrically, mightily, mineralogically, minimally, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, presidentially, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-l-n-r-u-y" | |
-1 letter: hurling. | |
-2 letters: hungry, lungyi, luring, ruling. | |
-3 letters: girly, hurly, hying, lingy, lungi, lying, ruing, unrig. | |
-4 letters: girl, girn, grin, gyri, hung, hurl, iglu, inly, ling, liny, lung, luny, nigh, nurl, ring, ruin, ruly, rung, ugly. | |
-5 letters: ghi, gin, gnu, gul, gun, guy, hin, hug, hun, lin, lug, nil, rig, rin, rug, run, ugh, urn, yin. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-l-n-r-u-y" | |
+2 letters: crushingly. | |
+4 letters: thunderingly. | |
+5 letters: flourishingly, thyroglobulin, unrighteously. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Quotations: Fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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