Antonyms for cravingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : krey-ving
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkreɪ vɪŋ


Definition of cravingly

Origin :
  • Old English crafian "ask, implore, demand by right," from North Germanic *krabojan (cf. Old Norse krefja "to demand," Danish kræve, Swedish kräva); perhaps related to craft in its base sense of "power." Current sense "to long for" is c.1400, probably through intermediate meaning "to ask very earnestly" (c.1300). Related: Craved; craving.
  • As in eagerly : adv anxiously
Example sentences :
  • Ah, but Ruth could remember when she was no taller than a rosebush, how cravingly her little heart cried out for love!
  • Extract from : « Ruth Hall » by Fanny Fern
  • I was cravingly hungry by this time, for the first time 199 since I had left my home, and everything here reminded me of eating.
  • Extract from : « Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 » by Elizabeth Sheppard

Synonyms for cravingly

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