starvingly

adv — 2 senses

starvingly

adv

Etymology From starving + -ly.

1

While, or as if, starving; very hungrily.

She raised her head and looked at him, with her soul in her great gray eyes. Back to her side he strode, and, taking her in his arms, looked long and starvingly in her face.1885, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volume 53, page 762:

2

So as to cause starvation.

a starvingly low salary

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