Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a devouring manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a devouring manner.

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  • adverb In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.

Etymologies

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devouring +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But Rachel, with a smile of love and gratification, lifted the little man up in her arms, and kissed him; and his thin, little legs were clasped about her waist, and his arms round her neck, and he kissed her with his wet face, devouringly, blubbering ‘the frightle man — you doatie! — the frightle man!’

    Wylder's Hand 2003

  • As its edges sharpened, Alexander stared up devouringly.

    The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972

  • At these words Guy strained every nerve in his body and listened devouringly.

    Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense [pseud.] Vera

  • She listened devouringly and could now distinctly hear a slow regular breathing, somewhere near, but which way she could not tell.

    Honor Edgeworth Ottawa's Present Tense [pseud.] Vera

  • Her eyes hung devouringly upon the blank door -- a door opening and Erik standing, smiling at her.

    Erik Dorn Ben Hecht 1929

  • His two reddish eyes rolled devouringly toward the blanket in its waterproof roll.

    The Enormous Room 1928

  • What she really learned was, as with her mates, another matter -- for, of course, those devouringly active little minds did not spend six hours a day in school without learning something incessantly.

    The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

  • Our ensigns dipped, and the deep-throated greeting crashed and echoed from ship to ship till she passed on and we stood gazing devouringly after her.

    With Canada at the Front 1916

  • He gripped her hands with savage strength, forcing them behind her, and so holding her, with eyes that seared her soul, he kissed her passionately, violently, devouringly, on face and neck and throat, sparing her not a whit, till in an agony of helpless shame she sank powerless in his arms.

    The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories 1910

  • For seconds longer he stared at her, stared devouringly, fiercely, with the eyes of a madman.

    The Tidal Wave and Other Stories 1910

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