Meaning & use
Ravenously
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In an extremely hungry or greedy manner.
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After the hike, they ate ravenously at the first restaurant they found.
The stray dog tore ravenously into the scraps left behind.
A note on using this word
Despite the spelling similarity, 'ravenous' is unrelated to the bird 'raven'; it comes from Old French ravineux, meaning 'rapacious.'
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