Synonyms for thirstily
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : thur-stee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɜr sti |
Top 10 synonyms for thirstily
Définition of thirstily
Origin :- Old English þurstig; see thirst (n.) + -y (2).
- As in eagerly : adv anxiously
- And she had just thirstily drained a huge glass of barley water.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- She held out the dripping cup and Blue Bonnet drank from it thirstily.
- Extract from : « Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party » by C. E. Jacobs
- At short intervals, he replenished the cup and quaffed it thirstily.
- Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily
- The tub of curdled milk was on the table, and we ate it thirstily.
- Extract from : « Through Arctic Lapland » by Cutcliffe Hyne
- She had a pitcher of water by her, and drank continually, thirstily, like a sick dog.
- Extract from : « Folle-Farine » by Ouida
- And so he waited, thirstily quaffing the champagne and wishing he had a biscuit.
- Extract from : « Mr. Claghorn's Daughter » by Hilary Trent
- I lay drinking it in as thirstily as water after a day on the desert.
- Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White
- Yet he had been longing so thirstily for just that permission, and she had been yearning so to give it!
- Extract from : « Harriet and the Piper » by Kathleen Norris
- She's sleeping now as if she could never have enough,—just thirstily drinking up sleep.
- Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- Up would come an unsuspecting cow, which thirstily would drink the contents.
- Extract from : « Norway » by Beatrix Jungman
Antonyms for thirstily
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