Nina Conti

I do laugh when I hear myself saying, 'I am a ventriloquist.' I am definitely suited to it, though. I took it and ran with it quite hungrily. It is not for everyone, but it is just the chance to write for a character.

English Actress

Jenna McCarthy

Scientific studies about relationships fascinate me, and I devour them hungrily, especially when they give big, fancy-sounding names to everyday experiences.

Author

Used to express a strong physical need for food, suggesting an urgent or intense hunger.

Physical Craving

Eating 'hungrily' can imply a lack of manners or desperation, which might be impolite in formal settings.

Not Polite

Authors use 'hungrily' to create a vivid, dramatic picture of someone's intense need to eat.

Dramatic Effect

Used metaphorically to describe a strong desire for non-food items, such as knowledge or experience.

Metaphorical Hunger

Shows a level of enthusiasm or eagerness greater than most people would display in the same situation.

High Intensity

Indicates a positive sense of passion and deep interest driving someone's actions.

Positive Passion

 And then there's the insects' mighty power of metamorphosis. This trait not only transforms insects, but also helps them maximize the available resources in an ecosystem. Take butterflies. In their larval caterpillar form, they chomp hungrily through leaves at a rapid rate

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 The flies buzzed hungrily around his legs. When 20 families -- 100 people or so -- share a single latrine, a boy pooping on a garbage pile is perhaps no big thing. But it stood in jarring contrast to something Armstrong had said as we were eating --

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 Mara and Zyra watch hungrily as the water makes its getaway it's a steep learning curve for the Lions but to survive in the wild they must learn to hunt

Hungrily

Physical Craving

Not Polite

Dramatic Effect

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