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Ravenously

Ravenous \Rav"en*ous\ (r[a^]v"'n*[u^]s), a. [From 2d Raven.]

  1. Devouring with rapacious eagerness; furiously voracious; hungry even to rage; as, a ravenous wolf or vulture.

  2. Eager for prey or gratification; as, a ravenous appetite or desire. [1913 Webster] -- Rav"en*ous*ly, adv. -- Rav"en*ous*ness, n.

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ravenously

adv. In a ravenous manner; voraciously

WordNet
ravenously

adv. in the manner of someone who is very hungry; "he pounced on the food hungrily" [syn: hungrily]

Usage examples of "ravenously".

I ate it ravenously, and with it new bread and salt butter, celeriac and salsify, and red wine.

Sensation speared from the hard points to her clit as she sucked ravenously at his cock, her hands stroking the hard shaft as she moaned hungrily.

She scented the fish at once, and though she acknowledged Michael with one upraised, untremulous glance, she hurried instantly to the catch and began ravenously to devour it.

I was disgusted at hearing the count, who ate ravenously, reproach me with eating too slowly.

The two strangers were rather testy, but Siringo ate ravenously, repeatedly asking for things which were usually kept in a well-stocked chuck-wagon, meanwhile talking with great familiarity with Tussler and me.

Jame's last meal had been in the Anarchiesdays ago, if her hunger was any indication She ate and drank ravenously, getting crumbs everywhere.

Deliriously, ravenously, Richard sent his mind back to the napkin-scarved bottles of old champagne tipped his way by tuxedoed athletes (even the help was hip, was hot) and bims in ra-ra skirts offering canapes made of dodo G-spots and hummingbird helmets, in the octagonal library, where he had mingled with the knowers and philosopher kings of the living wordwhile all the agents and editors and publishers cowered in their nimbus of pelf and preferment: men and women who shunned him.

The chalot went all out on us, and at intervals during those hours we had to eat ravenously to give it what it needed to maintain the form.

After a few moments, the mares began cropping grass ravenously, ignoring the delighted stallion.

There were many interesting problems to occupy him, not least of them was how long he could run at full speed towards the north while his boilers devoured coal ravenously, and each minute widened the gap between Blitcher and Esther.

Trashcan Man watched them fondly until they were out of sight, and then he began to chow down, eating ravenously until almost everything was gone.

He knew what to expect finally, when the flame flared in incandescent violence and ate ravenously at the hard rock beneath.

Chane ravenously busied himself with three Golden Coin Eggs afloat in rich oyster sauce, sweet rice, and strips of'smoked fish.

I was ravenously hungry, but the food at this strange standing-up dinner was oddly small: wafery discs topped with single shrimps.

The girl had been eating ravenously, making up for her long hunger, and Iza thought she could notice a weight gain already.