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starvedly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From starved + -ly.

  1. In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously.

    “[S]ecurity and ignorance may ſcatter ſome refuſe morſels of ioy, ſavvced vvith much bitterneſſe: or may be like ſome boaſting houſkeeper, vvhich keepeth open dores for one day vvhich much cheer, and liues ſtaruedly all the yere after.”