hungrily
Like a starving person
Hungrily describes doing something in the manner of a hungry person—eagerly, greedily, with urgent desire.
Most literally it applies to eating: She hungrily devoured the sandwich.
But the word extends readily to any intense craving or consumption: He hungrily eyed the promotion, They hungrily absorbed every detail of the scandal.
The adverb carries connotations of appetite barely restrained.
With extreme hunger
- voraciouslyWith extreme hunger
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- peckishMildly hungry
devour · gobble · wolf down · gorge · feast · consume · salivate · mouth-watering
With intense wistful desire
- longinglyWith intense desire
- covetouslyWith greedy desire
- achinglyWith painful intensity
- lustfullyWith sexual desire
greedily · enviously · wistfully · pining · hankering · thirsting · craving · desperately
Suffering extreme hunger
- deprivedLacking necessities
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
- wantingAbsent or insufficient
needy · impoverished · lacking · empty · bereft · deficient · desperate · gaunt
With keen enthusiasm
- avidlyWith intense enthusiasm
- enthusiasticallyWith eager excitement
- zealouslyWith extreme devotion
- ferventlyWith intense passionate feeling
ardently · keenly · intently · expectantly · impatiently · excitedly · animatedly · breathlessly
ravenously
With extreme hunger
- voraciouslyWith extreme hunger
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
peckish · devour · gobble · wolf down · gorge · feast · consume · salivate · mouth-watering · gnawing
yearningly
With intense wistful desire
- longinglyWith intense desire
- covetouslyWith greedy desire
- achinglyWith painful intensity
lustfully · greedily · enviously · wistfully · pining · hankering · thirsting · craving · desperately · obsessively
starved
Suffering extreme hunger
- deprivedLacking necessities
- malnourishedLacking proper nutrition
- undernourishedInsufficiently nourished
wanting · needy · impoverished · lacking · empty · bereft · deficient · desperate · gaunt · hollow
eagerly
With keen enthusiasm
- avidlyWith intense enthusiasm
- enthusiasticallyWith eager excitement
- zealouslyWith extreme devotion
fervently · ardently · keenly · intently · expectantly · impatiently · excitedly · animatedly · breathlessly · attentively
hungrilyindifferently
Without preference or concern
apathetically · unconcernedly · disinterestedly · reluctantly · unwillingly
hungrilyreluctantly
With obvious unwillingness
unwillingly · grudgingly · hesitantly · resistantly · begrudgingly