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Meaning of starvingly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. While, or as if, starving; very hungrily.
  2. So as to cause starvation.

Examples

“She raised her head and looked at him, with her soul in her great gray eyes. Back to her side he strode, and, taking her in his arms, looked long and starvingly in her face.”
“a starvingly low salary”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

starward starwards starwise stat statarianly statedly

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