gluttonously
- adverb
- /ˈɡlʌtənəsli/
:
glotonamente
- He gluttonously devoured three large slices of cake at the party.
Examples
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Feeding gluttonously at stopover sites, they use the fat as fuel on long migratory flights over oceans, tropical forests, and other areas where shorebird fare is scarce.
Academic text (1992) -
I feel like I'm losing my identity as a gamer by gluttonously consuming all the best new stuff.
Blog text (2) -
Puff and Lila greedily, gluttonously stuff their faces.
Fiction book (2001) -
They sat gluttonously around the table, eagerly eating every dish that was served.
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During the feast, she gluttonously piled her plate high with all her favorite foods.
Synonyms
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2.7
Wanting a lot in a very selfish way, often food or money
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9.3
Doing something in a greedy way by taking more than is needed
In a greedy and messy way when eating
Antonyms
How Gluttonous
Surface Forms
Morphology
gluttonously = gluttonous (transparent) = glutton + ous + ly
Regular adverb formation by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'gluttonous'; the adverbial meaning follows expected pattern.
Etymology
Gluttonously comes from glutton, which goes back to an old Latin verb gluttire meaning 'to swallow' and gives the picture of someone who eats by gulping things down. So to eat gluttonously is to eat greedily and too much, as if swallowing everything in sight.