devouringly
Definition
Adverb: In a manner that consumes or destroys greedily, ravenously, or with intense eagerness.
Usage Examples
- (With a greedy, hungry gaze.)
- (With intense eagerness and speed.)
- (In a way that consumes everything rapidly.)
Advanced Usage
- "to gaze devouringly": to look at someone or something with intense desire or hunger.
- He stared devouringly at the feast laid out before him. (He looked with extreme greed.)
- "to read devouringly": to read with great speed and hunger for content.
- The scholar devouringly consumed every book in the library. (He read them all with intense appetite.)
Variants and Related Words
- Devour (verb): to eat or consume hungrily or quickly; to destroy or absorb.
- The lion devoured its prey. (It ate it ravenously.)
- Devouring (adjective): that which consumes or destroys greedily; intensely eager.
- The devouring fire left nothing behind. (The fire consumed everything.)
- Devourer (noun): a person or thing that devours.
- Time is a devourer of all things. (Time consumes everything.)
Synonyms
- Ravenously: in a very hungry or greedy manner.
- Voraciously: with an insatiable appetite or eagerness.
- Greedily: in a way that shows excessive desire for food or possessions.
- Gluttonously: in a way that involves eating or consuming too much.
Related Idioms
- "to eat someone out of house and home": to consume large amounts of food at someone's expense.
- His teenage son devouringly ate them out of house and home. (He ate huge amounts greedily.)
- "to have a voracious appetite": to have an extremely strong desire for something, often food or knowledge.
- She read devouringly, having a voracious appetite for stories. (She had an intense hunger for reading.)