gluttonishly

English

Etymology

From gluttonish + -ly.

Adverb

gluttonishly (comparative more gluttonishly, superlative most gluttonishly)

  1. In a gluttonish manner.
    Synonyms: gluttonly, gluttonously
    • 1911, Priscilla Craven [pseudonym; Florence Teignmouth Shore], “Hands Off, America!”, in The Rose with a Thorn, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company, page 46:
      They were gluttonishly studying the menu, which was long and varied.
    • 1928, Matthew Josephson, “The ‘Four Authors’”, in Zola and His Time: [], New York, N.Y.: The Macaulay Company, page 187:
      Now Zola too was becoming one of the Fat; life ran smoothly by. He feasted gluttonishly on good things, on rare dishes.
    • 1931, Bruce Marshall, chapter X, in Father Malachy’s Miracle: A Heavenly Story with an Earthly Meaning, New York, N.Y.: Pocket Books, Inc., [], published 1947, pages 167–168:
      The Tablet, the glory of English Romanism, did not gulp the miracle any more gluttonishly than its Anglican contemporary but stated that, while miracles were, and had always been, possible, it would be as well to await the expression of competent hierarchical opinion; []
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