When you are hungry, you want some food because you have not eaten for some time and have an uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach. My friend was hungry, so we drove to a shopping mall to get some food full + hungrily hun·gri·ly James ate hungrily
If people go hungry, they do not have enough food to eat. Leonidas' family had been poor, he went hungry for years
emphasis If you say that someone is hungry for something, you are emphasizing that they want it very much. I left Oxford in 1961 hungry to be a critic. = eager Hungry is also a combining form. power-hungry politicians. + hungrily hun·gri·ly He looked at her hungrily. What eyes! What skin!
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people
(usually followed by `for') extremely desirous; "athirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for informaton"
feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"
Feeling hunger; having a keen appetite; feeling uneasiness or distress from want of food; hence, having an eager desire