Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a thirsty manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a thirsty manner.
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- adverb In a
thirsty manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a thirsty manner
- adverb with eagerness; in an eager manner
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Examples
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The hungry-eyed, ghetto woman drank in thirstily the beauty and goodness that radiated from Mrs. Preston's person.
Hungry Hearts 1920
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The idle and vociferous elements in the town discovered that the Marquis was a plutocrat and an enemy of the people, and called thirstily for his blood.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands Hermann Hagedorn 1923
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I fit in with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your coming updates.
Simple artistry: Minimalist modern home in the heart of Copenhagen 2009
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I was myself at that time barely out of rehab and was thirstily seeking less complicated women so I barely reflected on the now glaringly obvious fact that Winehouse and I shared an affliction, the disease of addiction.
Russell Brand on Amy Winehouse: 'We have lost a beautiful, talented woman' 2011
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The bait is being dragged back inside and the blackening vampire falls upon him, thirstily drinking from a bite in his neck.
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The sweat stood out on his forehead, and he seemed to thrust his bare chest thirstily into the wind that did not cool.
THE PEARLS OF PARLAY 2010
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Ben sucked thirstily out of the wineglass, eyeing her the whole while over the rim.
Claudia Ricci: Seeing Red: "Jesús Just Wants to Play Guitar" Claudia Ricci 2011
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She filled a glass for him and watched thirstily as he drank it standing in front of the dishwasher, his stud glinting below his lip.
Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010
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I match in with your conclusions and also definitely will thirstily look forward to your next updates.
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She filled a glass for him and watched thirstily as he drank it standing in front of the dishwasher, his stud glinting below his lip.
Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010
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