hungerly


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hungerly

(ˈhʌŋɡəlɪ)
adj
archaic having a hungry or starved look
adv
archaic hungrily; greedily
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'Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs, and we all but food: They eat us hungerly, and when they are full They belch us.
/ Sure, there's some wonder in this handkerchief; / I am most unhappy in the loss of it" (3.4.100-02), Emilia quibbles again and turns to give vent to her own and, perhaps also, the female audience's suppressed complaints against men: 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man: They are all but stomachs, and we all but food; They eat us hungerly, and when they are full They belch us.
80 Lyke theues as they had bene With course barley bred Very hungerly feade So heuy as any leade Theire drinke was water thin [A3] If they had not sought aboute Frendes to get them out Long ells they mought In prison tarry still Ane yet no cause why