ravenously
3
6.7
- adverb
- /ˈrævənəsli/
:
vorazmente
- The children were ravenously hungry after playing outside all day.
- ravenously hungry
- eat ravenously
- ravenously devours
Examples
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It was well after noon, and she found herself ravenously hungry again.
Fiction book (1998) -
After skipping breakfast, I arrived home ravenously eager to eat dinner.
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I thought you might come home late and be ravenously hungry.
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For some reason, Katy's generation is always ravenously hungry around four in the morning.
Fiction book (1990) -
John settles back into his chair and begins to eat ravenously.
Fiction book (1995) -
He had not touched the food, although she could see that he was ravenously hungry.
Fiction book (1999) -
I washed a few dishes that were left on the counter, then fed the ravenously hungry little boys.
Blog text (25) -
Bathsheba ate ravenously, but her stomach still ached with hunger.
Fiction book (2001) -
Angelo watches as Randolph ravenously eats a bowl of soup.
Fiction book (2002) -
By the end of the day, he was tense and exhausted—and ravenously hungry, even though Jake and Amy had shared their lunches with him.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
7
1.0
In a way that shows a strong wish to eat
7
2.7
Wanting a lot in a very selfish way, often food or money
5
5.9
With strong hunger for food or learning
1
9.3
Doing something in a greedy way by taking more than is needed
In a way that makes someone eat or drink too much
In a greedy and messy way when eating
In a way that is too much and shows no control
How Hungry
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ravenously comes from the bird raven, a black bird people thought ate greedily, so a helpful image is of eating like that bird. So to do something ravenously is to do it 'very hungry' or 'with great eagerness'.