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starvingly

adverb

  1. extremely hungrily (in a starving manner)
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Wiktionary

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.”

  2. So as to cause starvation.

    “a starvingly low salary”