ravenously
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ravenously (comparative more ravenously, superlative most ravenously)
- In a ravenous manner; voraciously.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume II, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 195:
- Francesca marked with delight the eager manner in which Guido began his meal, and almost forgot her own hunger in the amusement of watching him eat so ravenously;...