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Thirstily

adverb
1.
In a thirsty manner.
2.
With eagerness; in an eager manner.  Synonym: eagerly.






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"Thirstily" Quotes from Famous Books



... fool, but unwilling to provoke a crisis, Arlee tugged at the cork and poured him a glass of the sparkling water and then a glass for herself, which she thirstily drank. "How did you hurt your hand?" it occurred to her ...
— The Palace of Darkened Windows • Mary Hastings Bradley

... imprints by the bank of a clear brook, and rangers and Mohawks, imitating the example of those whom they pursued, drank thirstily. Then they resumed the advance, and they soon saw that the steps of ...
— The Rulers of the Lakes - A Story of George and Champlain • Joseph A. Altsheler

... and as I was very thirsty I came to the well in the hopes of quenching my thirst, but I could find no bucket with which to draw the water. So I climbed into the tree, much vexed, and waited for some one to come. Just at that moment, while I was thirstily and impatiently waiting, you noble ladies appeared, as if in answer to my great need. Therefore I pray you of your mercy give me some water to drink, for I am a thirsty traveler in a ...
— Japanese Fairy Tales • Yei Theodora Ozaki

... turning to Fundanius, "that the Sacristan may get back before we have reached the fourth head of our subject, that of the vintage, for I am looking forward thirstily to the vintage." ...
— Roman Farm Management - The Treatises Of Cato And Varro • Marcus Porcius Cato



Words linked to "Thirstily" :   eagerly, thirsty



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