Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an earnest or craving manner.

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  • adverb With longing or craving.

Etymologies

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craving +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But today the bullet trains speed cravingly for the nothing and the soul of Japan has no leisure and all material prosperity has brought impoverishment to its insolvent spirit.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • But today the bullet trains speed cravingly for the nothing and the soul of Japan has no leisure and all material prosperity has brought impoverishment to its insolvent spirit.

    A collective effort to return humankind to the dark ages Tusar N Mohapatra 2008

  • Liss cravingly: I think that I wish they had something sweet in them.

    News from Shakes Manor: The Jell-O Chronicles, Part II 2007

  • Liss cravingly: I think that I wish they had something sweet in them.

    News from Shakes Manor: The Jell-O Chronicles, Part II 2007

  • It was roomy and clean; they got out their mirrors, and put them quickly away; girdled their loose clothes round them, and ate cravingly of fruit and curds.

    Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981

  • "Oh, mamma, don't speak so!" cried Gertrude, almost ready to cry; for she admired her mother as well as loved her, and was cravingly desirous to win her good opinion.

    A Little Country Girl Susan Coolidge 1870

  • At times she poured back the whole flood of her heart upon Merthyr, and then in alarm at the host of little passions that grew cravingly alive in her, she turned her thoughts to Wilfrid again; and so, till they turned wittingly to him.

    Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • Alas! his admonition only made her feel the need more cravingly.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • At times she poured back the whole flood of her heart upon Merthyr, and then in alarm at the host of little passions that grew cravingly alive in her, she turned her thoughts to Wilfrid again; and so, till they turned wittingly to him.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • Alas! his admonition only made her feel the need more cravingly.

    Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868

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