ravenously
/ˈɹævənəsli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a ravenous manner; voraciously.
Example Sentences
- "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;..."
- "Our bread was baked for us by one of the Government cooks, and the scones and cakes which we consumed so ravenously were baked by my mother in a camp oven. This primitive but useful oven requires very little description. It is a round iron vessel, standing on three legs and covered with a dome-shaped tightly-fitting lid. Fire is placed above and below, and I know no more satisfactory mode of baking bread or cake."
Etymology
Etymology tree English ravenous Middle English -ly English -ly English ravenously From ravenous + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more ravenously (comparative)
most ravenously (superlative)