hungerly

[ huhng-ger-lee ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. marked by a hungry look.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hungerly¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, hungerly is from the Middle English word hongerliche. See hunger, -ly

Example Sentences

O'Malley finished his pie and looked hungerly across the room at the counter in the corner.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a parasite, & he with clapping his hands and thripping his fingers seemed to dance an antike to and fro The onely thing they did well, was the prodigal childes hunger, most of their schollers being hungerly kept, and surely you would haue sayd they had ben brought vp in hogs academie to learne to eate acornes, if you had seene how sedulously they fell to them.

From Project Gutenberg

After the ceremony was over, while they were yet in the church, he called for wine, and drank a loud health to the company, and threw a sop which was at the bottom of the glass full in the sexton's face, giving no other reason for this strange act, than that the sexton's beard grew thin and hungerly, and seemed to ask the sop as he was drinking.

From Project Gutenberg

After the ceremony was over, while they were yet in the church, he called for wine, and drank a loud health to the company, and threw a sop which was at the bottom of the glass full in the sexton's face, giving no other reason for this strange act, than that the sexton's beard grew thin and hungerly, and seemed to ask the sop as he was drinking.

From Project Gutenberg

I sawe them eate rocke weedes as hungerly, as a cowe doeth grasse when shee is hungrie.

From Project Gutenberg